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| Isham Meadows was included in the 1790 census in Warren County, North Carolina. His household consisted of three white males over 16, seven white males under 16, two white females, and no other persons or slaves.46 The three males over 16 (born before 1774) were Isham Meadows and his sons, John and James Meadows. Three of the seven males under 16 (born after 1774) were Isham’s sons, William, Daniel, and Edward Meadows.
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| | In 1798, Isham Meadows moved from Warren County, North Carolina, to Stephens Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia, with his sons John, James, William, Daniel, and Edward Meadows. Isham’s son, Isham Meadows, had moved from Warren County, North Carolina, to Wilkes County, Georgia, in 1790 with the William Acree family.
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| | Isham Meadows (born 16 February 1740/1) was known in the Wilkes County and Greene County, Georgia, tax records, as Isham Meadows, Sr. His son, Isham Meadows (born circa 1765), was known as Isham Meadows, Jr. The Jr. and Sr. designations in the tax records were used to distinguish father from son, but weren’t part of their names. They were both in the Wilkes County tax records from 1799 to 1802. And, they were both in the Greene County tax records, from 1802 to 1810.
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| | Isam Meaddows paid taxes in Wilkes County, Georgia, in 1799, in Capt. John Bethune’s District RR, on 125 acres in Wilkes County, on Stephens Creek, adjoining Henry Thompson, land granted to Alexander Thompson. His sons, John, Isam, Jr., and James Meadows lived nearby.47
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| | In 1800, Isam Medders, Sr. paid taxes in Wilkes County, Georgia, in Capt. J. Bethune’s District RR, on 120 acres in Wilkes County, adjoining H. Thompson, granted to J. Alford. His sons, John, Isham, and William Meadows lived nearby.48 William Meadows reached the age of 21 in 1800 and came of age to pay taxes.
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| 46 Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790, North Carolina (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908), p. 77. Warren County. Isham Meadows, 3 white males over 16, 7 white males under 16, 2 white females, no other persons or slaves.
| | 47 Frank Parker Hudson, Wilkes County, Georgia, Tax Records 1785–1805, Atlanta, 1996, p. 846–847.
| | 48 Ibid, p. 924.
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