William RIVERS

• General Notes
  • An online tree claims our Frederick's father was William, b. 1776 in Chesterfield, SC.  1840 has two Williams in Chesterfield:  Senior and Junior.  Senior is a few years too old to be William 1776, but there is another male in h/hold the right age for Frederick W. 1817 SC, who m. Cyntha KNIGHT est. < 1844:
    
    (1) William Sr 0211000001-0001001, 13 entries from top, no slaves, 7 persons total, 4 persons engaged in agriculture.  Previous entry (roughly alphabetized) is Frederick Sr RIVERS (qv. below).
    two males 5-10 (1830-1835)
    one male 10-15 (1815-1820), same age as Frederick W 1817
    one male 15-20 (1820-1825)
    one female 15-20 (1820-1825)
    one female 40-50 (1790-1800)
    one male 70-80 (1760-1770)
    NB also Malla(?) RIVERS (1810-1820) 00001-1001, 15 lines from top, 0 slaves, 3 persons total, 1 person engaged in agric; and Eliz RIVERS (1780-1790) 0-00010001, 16 lines from top, 0 slaves, 2 persons total.  See previous page (355) for other RIVERS enumerants, incl William Jr.
    Image Source: Year: 1840; Census Place: Not Stated, Chesterfield, South Carolina; Roll: 510; Page: 366.
    (2) William Jr (1810-1820) 00001-10001, 3 lines from btm, 1 male slave 0-10, 4 persons total, 2 persons engaged in agriculture
    one male 20-30 (1810-1820) William Jr.
    one female 0-5 (1835-1840)
    one female 20-30 (1810-1820)
    NB also:
    Ben RIVERS (1815-1820), one male 10-15, 4 lines from btm, 0 slaves, 1 person total, 1 in agric
    J. B. RIVERS (1810-1820), 21001-00001, 5 lines from btm, 1 female slave 10-24, 6 persons total, 2 in agric, 2 white persons > age 20 who cannot read/write
    Isaac RIVERS (1800-1810), 010001-10001, 6 lines from btm, 0 slaves, 4 persons total, 2 in agric
    Frederick Jr RIVERS (1800-1810) 310001etc. (see below), 7 lines from btm
    Lewis RIVERS (1810-1820), 00001-00001, 8 lines from btm, 3 persons total, 2 persons engaged in agric
    Image Source: Year: 1840; Census Place: Not Stated, Chesterfield, South Carolina; Roll: 510; Page: 365.
    
    In the 1840 US Census for Chesterfield Cty, SC there are two heads of h/hold enumerated as "Frdk RIVERS":  Jr 1800-1810 (310001-110010001, 7 entries from btm, no slaves, 9 persons total, 1 in agric) (too old) and Sr 1760-1770 (0110001001-000001001, 12 lines from top, slaves:  4 males 10-24, 5 females 0-10, 3 females 24-36, 18 persons total, 8 engaged in agriculture).  In all, 34 RIVERS heads of h/holds were counted in SC in 1840, no other Frederick or F or middle initial F.  Five RIVERS in NC in 1840, no Frederick or F or middle initial F.

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