NORTH CAROLINA

Census Reports

1790 – 1900

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UPDATED AUGUST 21, 2021

The first Federal Census was taken in 1790 and that data is available. However, earlier tax records exist and are helpful in determining who was where when. This section begins with the earliest information through the 1900 Census Report.

In the 1790 census, the columns are males over 16, males under 16 and females of all ages.

In the 1800 and 1810 census both males and females are broken into 0-9, 10- 15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.

In the 1820 census males are broken down 0-9, 10-15, 16-18, 19-25, 26-44, 45 and older. Females are divided 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.

In the 1830 and 1840 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10- 14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc.

From 1850 on ages and states of birth are shown. In 1880 places of birth are listed for the person, their father and their mother. In the 1880 Soundex only families with children under 10 are listed. In the 1900 Soundex, all families are listed.

The first Putman or Putnam in North Carolina was Thomas Putman. He was a son of Zachariah Putman I, and was born in Essex County Virginia in about 1720. He married Elizabeth Barnet (or at least I hope that was her last name) in Culpeper County, Virginia in the early 1740s. He had gone to Culpeper County with his brother Zachariah Putman II and his wife Margaret. After his brother died in 1751, Thomas headed south into the Carolina Colonies. He will head into Northwestern South Carolina in the early 1770s. His sons John and Barnet will go with him, but his eldest son Benjamin will remain here, and almost all of the Putmans and later Putnams found in North Carolina are his descendants.

If you want a lot more details and information on the Southern Putmans, and virtually everyone in North Carolina is on that line, go to the Southern Putman Section and then to North Carolina and you will see the various families with all the info I have at this time. The files on Willis, Elias and Thomas Putman hold most of the information on families that were in North Carolina after the early 1800s. Information that I have on other families are included in the census data.

EARLY TAX LISTINGS

THOMAS PUTMAN Granville County 1755. He is a son of Zachariah I, and is ‘The Patriarch of the Carolinas.’ His wife is Elizabeth Barnet.

JOSHUA PUTNAM Pitt County 1763. He may be from the New England family, but I think he is just a ‘late’ arrival from England. He is only here about two years, and then gone somewhere. I think he was the one who spawned the Putnam Family in Guilford County. Both he and that group were Quakers originally.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Granville County 1764. This is Thomas and Elizabeth’s eldest. He is married to Elizabeth Griggs (I hope the last name is correct). He will be here in North Carolina all of his life. All of the Southern Putman families in North Carolina are descended from this Benjamin.

JOSHUA PUTNEL Pitt County 1764. Same guy as last year.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Bute County 1771.

THOMAS PUTMAN Bute County 1771. He is my ggggg grandfather and his wife Elizabeth (Barnet I think). They will move to South Carolina in the next year or so. They are there to fight in the Revolution.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Franklin-Warren-Vance 1771. He didn’t move the Districts just changed boundaries. It’ll be Granville again in a few years.

THOMAS PUTMAN and son JOHN Franklin-Warren-Vance 1771. This is his last listing. He and his sons John and Barnet will head South to upper South Carolina in a couple of years.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Granville County 1784.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Granville County State Census 1784-1787. He is shown with a wife, 2 other females and 7 other males.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Granville County 1788.

NORTH CAROLINA 1790 CENSUS

This is the first Federal Census now that America is on it’s own after the Revolution. In the 1790 census, the columns are males over 16, males under 16 and females of all ages.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Granville County

He is listed in the Hillsboro District, but it is impossible to read the family listing. He is Thomas’ son and his wife Elizabeth Griggs. This whole area will be a part of Rutherford County in a few years.

JOHN PUTMAN Randolph County

He is listed nearby in the Hillsboro District. The listing (1-1-2) shows him, a wife and one son and one daughter or other female. He is Zachariah II's son from Culpeper County Virginia. He will be going to Kentucky shortly along with his brother Henry.

NORTH CAROLINA 1800 CENSUS

In 1800 both males and females are broken into 0-9, 10- 15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Rutherford County

He is shown as over 45 with two sons, one under 16 and one over. There are 2 females between 16 and 26 and one between 10 and 16. It appears that Elizabeth Griggs his wife may have died by this time, or at least is missing. In 1810 he again has a wife, possibly still Elizabeth, but have no idea. The following listings are all his children. John & Thomas are still at home.

ELIAS PUTMAN Rutherford County

He is between 16 and 26, his wife under 16 and 3 youngsters, two boys and a girl. He was born in Bute County, North Carolina in 1771. He married Nancy Roberts December 27, 1796, and they obviously got down quickly producing kids. He will be here (though it will be in Cleveland County by then) until he dies October 5, 1848. Nancy will hang in until December 4, 1857.

GRIGGS PUTMAN Rutherford County

He is between 16 and 26 as is his wife. They have no children. He was born here in about 1778. His wife is named Sally. He will fight in the War of 1812, and then about 1816 will head to Alabama. They will be there in 1830 and he will die sometime in that decade, as Sally is shown as a widow there in Decatur. Morgan County, Alabama in 1840.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Rutherford County

He is between 26 and 45 as is his wife. They have a son over 16, one under 10 and 2 daughters under 10 years of age. He is the eldest child of Benjamin and Elizabeth, being born about 1765. I believe his wife is named Winnie. They will be here in 1810 and then he and his brother Wilson will go into Rhea County, Tennessee and by 1830, Winnie will be a widow there. She will go to Alabama with her brothers-in-law Griggs, John and Wilson. She will be near Wilson in 1840 in Lawrence County, Alabama. That will be her last showing.

WILLIS PUTMAN Rutherford County

He is between 26 and 45 as is his wife. They have one son and two daughters all under 10 years. An older son of Benjamin and Elizabeth, he was born in the early 1770s. He got his first land grant here in 1798. That was the same time he married Martha Rogers. They will be in this area (by then Cleveland County, and they will use the Putnam spelling). Willis will die in 1845, Martha into the mid 1850s. This is one of the families that has descendants to this Day in the Shelby area of Cleveland County.

WILSON PUTMAN Rutherford County

He is between 26 and 45, his wife between 16 and 26. No children are listed. His wife is Rebecca Morris. They were married here in the early 1790s. They will be here in 1810, and then go off to Rhea County, Tennessee with his brother William. They will be there by the early 1820s, and he will die there in the late 1820s. Rebecca is shown as a widow there in 1830. Rebecca will join John, Winnie and Griggs Putman, and go to Alabama. She is shown there as a widow in Jackson County in 1850 at age 67.

NORTH CAROLINA 1810 CENSUS

In the 1800 and again in this 1810 census both males and females are broken into 0-9, 10- 15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Rutherford County

His wife Elizabeth Griggs has reappeared and both are over 45 with no kids at home. Their listing is 00001 00001. And, once again, every guy here in Rutherford County, later to be part of Cleveland County, is their son.

WILSON PUTMAN Rutherford County

He and his wife Rebecca Morris are between 26 and 44 and now have 7 children. The family listing is 20010 32010. He will soon head off to Tennessee and he will die there in the 1820s.

JOHN PUTMAN Rutherford County

He and his wife Lucy Covington are between 16 and 25 with one young daughter. The listing is 00100 10100. He is Ben’s youngest, being born in 1785 or 1786. He married Lucy here December 22, 1808. I think he is the John also listed just over the line in York County, South Carolina. There are a few ‘extra’ folks with him that I think belong to his brother Thomas who will be there in 1820, and is kinda missing now. At any rate, he will shortly move to Morgan County in Northern Alabama and be there through the 1830s and then in Lawrence County, Alabama through 1850 and both will die there in the mid to late 1850s. You’ll find more on him and his family in the Alabama Section of this website.

ELIAS PUTMAN Rutherford County

He and his wife Nancy Roberts are between 16 and 24 with 8 children and an older female over 45. She may be Nancy’s mother. They will be here forever.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Rutherford County

He and Winnie are in their late 30s or 40s by now, and they have 8 children. The listing is 60010 02010. They will go to Rhea County, Tennessee shortly with his brother Wilson. Winnie will be a widow by 1830, and then go to Morgan County, Alabama with Wilson’s son Wilson. Seems both guys died in the 1820s.

GRIGGS PUTMAN Rutherford County

He is shown as being over 45 which may be an error. He and Sally should both be in their late 30s at this stage. The listing now is 20101 20110. He will fight in South Carolina during the War of 1812 and was discharged there in 1816. They then headed off to Alabama, and settled in Morgan County. They are there in 1830, and Sally is shown there as a widow in 1840.

NORTH CAROLINA 1820 CENSUS

ELIAS PUTMAN Rutherford County

There are two listings for Elias and his family. One listing shows 231201 21001 and the other 311401 21001.

WILLIS PUTMAN Rutherford County

Willis likewise has two listings. One is 221101 10001 and the other 221301 00000.

NORTH CAROLINA 1830 CENSUS

In the 1830 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10- 14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc.

JEREMIAH PUTNAM Guilford County

He is one of the family from Virginia that I can’t tie into. The family is Quaker. They will move to Tennessee and eventually to Missouri. Frankly I think this family is a ‘late’ arrival from England that came into Virginia in the 1750s. He is probably a son of Josiah Putnam who was received into the Quaker church here April 5, 1794. Josiah was probably a son of the Joshua Putnam who was here in Pitt County in the 1760s. Jeremiah first shows up in the tax lists of Caswell County, North Carolina in 1819. He and Susan Dean have three sons and two daughters. The listing is 3000001 200001. They were married April 4, 1823 in Caswell County. Susan will be widowed here in 1840.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Lincoln County

He is Benjamin Junior and his wife Margaret Branton with young Cornelia. The listing is 00001 10001

WILLIAM PUTMAN Lincoln County

He is listed 110001 10001. He is Elias Putman and Nancy Robert's son and his wife is Sarah Miller.

WILLIS PUTMAN Lincoln County

The family listing is 220101 10001. He is Elias' son in his 30s. His wife is Elizabeth Fanlin. There are more kids here than there should be so he either had more children than I note or probably had another family with him at the time.

WILLIS PUTMAN Rutherford County

This is Benjamin's son 00114001 00110001. Willis Senior and Martha Rogers are in their 50s.

ELIAS PUTMAN Rutherford County

Elias is 00111001 00100001. Benjamin's son is now in his 50s as is his wife, Nancy Roberts.

GEORGE PUTMAN Rutherford County

This is GRIGGS PUTMAN. He is in his 20s. The family is listed 00001 0001. He had just married Louisa in 1830. He is another son of Elias and Nancy Putman. They will have 3 kids by 1840, but aren’t in the index or anything. They are here in 1850 with 6 kids. He will die very soon after the census was taken as he was listed an invalid and died here September 13, 1850.

BARNET PUTMAN Rutherford County

He is a son of Elias and Nancy Putman. He is listed as Barny and both he and his wife are in their 20s. They have a young son and daughter. His wife is Ursala Poundland. The family is shown as 10001 10001. He was born in 1808 and will be here till he dies in 1868. This area will become Cleveland County in a couple of years.

THOMAS PUTMAN Rutherford County

He was just over the border in York County South Carolina the last two census returns. He is in his 40s as is Fanna or Hannah Lindsey his wife. The family is shown 0111001 0111001. They are here in 1840 and he seems to have died by 1850 as I can’t find him.

MARTIN PUTMAN Rutherford County

He is the Martin who married Muhulda Parker and will be a minister in Alabama, going there in 1835. He is a son of Thomas and Hannah Putman and was born in York County South Carolina in 1808. The listing is 00001 10001 as they were just married in South Carolina in the late 1820s. The tiny daughter is Nancy.

NORTH CAROLINA 1840 CENSUS

In the 1840 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10- 14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc.

I am doing this by County as always, but instead of alphabetical I am listing as they appear in the census so you can see the proximity of the families. In many cases the kids all live next to or with their parents on the same farmlands.

SUSAN PUTNAM Guilford County

She is Susan Dean, now the widow of Jeremiah Putnam. They were here in 1830. The listing is 0101 011001. The neighbors are all Fields. The son Jeremiah junior will soon marry Charlotte Field. This is a Quaker family I can’t tie into any other family. The family will be here in 1850 and 1860. Susan will die in the 1860s, the rest of the family will be off to Callaway County, Missouri and be there by 1870. Then they will be there a long time.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Upper Regiment, Lincoln County

He is Willis and Martha's, son now in his 30s. Margaret Branton his wife is also in her 30s. The family listing is 120001 101001. Benjamin was born in Rutherford County November 14, 1802, and married Margaret here in Lincoln County in about 1827. This area will change to Cleveland County. Benjamin will be here till he dies March 26, 1877 and Margaret will be around till she dies April 8, 1897.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Upper Regiment, Lincoln County

He is Elias' son born about 1799-1800. He is shown as being in his 40s as is his wife Sarah Miller. The family is shown as 0111001 202001. They will be in Cleveland County through the 1850 census, and then I don’t find either of them in the state in 1860. The kids are around though.

WILLIS PUTMAN Upper Regiment, Lincoln County

He is the son of Elias Putman and Nancy Roberts, and is shown in his 40s and his wife Elizabeth Fanlin in her 30s. The family is shown as 1212001 310001. He was born about 1798, and will be here until he dies on November 8, 1846. Elizabeth will be widowed here until she dies in the mid 1860s.

JOHN PUTMAN Lincoln County

He is probably Willis and Martha's son. The listing is 00001 20001.

DAVID PUTMAN Rutherford County

He a son of Willis senior and Martha Rogers. He was born December 25, 1807. He is shown as being in his 30s as is his wife Rosanna Sanders. They were married here March 1, 1832. They will be in Cleveland County the rest of their lives. Rosanna will die December 27, 1879. David will die September 14, 1890. The listing is 100101 120001.

D. (DRUARY) PUTMAN Rutherford County

This is Drewary or Druary Vance Putman, a son of Elias and Nancy Putman. He was born in 1815, and both he and his wife Sarah Spake are in their 20s. They were just married here May 11, 1837. The listing is 10001 00001. He will die in 1845 and Sarah will then marry John B. Scroggins. Their son, James Webster Putman will show up in 1860 in Cleveland County.

R. (ROBERTS) PUTMAN Rutherford County

This is Roberts Putman another of Elias' sons who was born in 1804 and is shown in his 30s and his wife Lucinda Weaver is also in her 30s. The listing is 220001 000001. Lucinda will die, and he will marry her sister Susan Sanders in the 1850s.

ELIAS PUTMAN Rutherford County

This is Elias Senior. He is shown in his 60s and Nancy Roberts in her 50s. Their daughter Jenilla is with them. He will die here October 5, 1848. Nancy will be here until she dies December 4, 1857. Listing is 000000001 00010001.

WILSON PUTMAN Rutherford County

Listing is 10001 10001. He is a problem. I think he is a son of William Putman, but I just can’t pin him down. He next appears in Benton County, Alabama in 1850. He and his wife Susan Hullett are in their 20s with a son and a daughter under 5. They head off to South Carolina in about 1842, to Georgia in 1845 and then to Alabama by about 1848.

WILLIS PUTMAN Rutherford County

Willis Junior and his wife Polly Weaver are in their 30s with 2 sons and 3 daughters. The listing shows 110001 210001. He is a son of Willis Putman and Martha Rogers. He was born here in 1805, and married Polly in 1832. They are here in 1850, and he will die shortly afterwards May 22, 1851. Polly died in the 1860s sometime.

ELIAS PUTMAN Rutherford County

Elias Junior, son of Elias, is in his 30s and his wife Nancy Weston in her 20s. The family is shown as 111001 11001. He will die here about 1849, and Nancy will be widowed in the 1850. Nancy won’t remarry, and will be with her son William in Cleveland through the 1880 census.

BARNET PUTMAN Rutherford County

He is a son of Elias and Nancy Putman. He was born about 1802 and married Ursula Poundland in 1826. He and Ursula are now both in their 30s. The listing is 110001 201001. He is a blacksmith and will die here January 22, 1868. He lives right next to his brother Elias, or may be living with them.

W. (WILLIAM) PUTMAN Rutherford County

This is William Putman and Nancy Spurlin both in their 20s with one son shown in the 5-10 age group. I believe it would be John only a year old. They were only married in 1840. He is a son of Willis Putman and Martha Rogers. He was born here January 11, 1811. He will be here until he dies August 23, 1871. Nancy will go on until September 28, 1899. There is an Isaac Spirlin living next door who would be Nancy’s brother. They live right next to T. & L. Putman.

T. (THOMAS) PUTMAN Rutherford County

This is Thomas Putman now shown in his 60s. His wife Frances is in her 50s. He is a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Putman. There is a son, probably Elias, 15-19 and two daughters one 15-19 and one in her 20s.

L. PUTMAN Rutherford County

The listing shows a female in her 20s with two daughters between 5 and 10. Now, I think this is just a screwed up listing. I do not find the Elias Putman who is a son of Willis Putman anywhere and yet he was alive and well in this county. I think this is a listing for 'Lias Putman. If so there should be two young sons, not daughters, between 5 and 10. I think the marks just simply got into the wrong columns and I go with this listing being for Elias Putman. But just a guess.

NORTH CAROLINA 1850 CENSUS

Now, just a quick comment. There are thousands of Pitman families all over the State. They out number Putmans 5 to 1. In several cases Pitmans are indexed as Putmans. Also I checked most of the Pitmans to see if they might be Putmans but couldn’t find one. There were several Putmans over the years indexed as Patman, Rutman or Butman, but I got most of those.

MATILDA PUTMAN Beaufort County

She is listed as a black age 40 NC. I am listing her because others that are white pop up here in 1860 and 1870.

PUTMANS in Cleveland County

All these people you are going to see have been in Lincoln and Rutherford Counties up till now. No, they didn’t move. Cleveland was formed out of Rutherford and Lincoln in 1841. Most of these folks live in Shelby, Rippys, Sulphur Springs and Waco. And most will be here forever and so will their kids and their kids. Virtually everyone here was born in North Carolina, and this will be the case for the next 70-80 or so years. For this census, I am listing families in proximity to each other, and not in alphabetical order. Connections are easier to see this way.

BARNET PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is a blacksmith 48 NC and his wife Ursula Poundland is 45 NC. At home are Jane K. 20 NC, Adolphus 18 NC, Kezia 16 NC, William Roberts 15 NC, Nancy C. 9 NC, Hamilton 8 NC, Perry Green 7 NC, Mirranda 5 NC, Rosa R. 3 NC and Elizabeth Ann 1 NC. He is another son of Elias Putman and Nancy Roberts.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Cleveland County

Benjamin is a son of Willis and lives near his mother and family. He is a farmer 47 NC and his wife Margaret Branton is 39 NC. Children with them are James L. 18 NC, Arthur M. 17 NC, Mary C. 13 NC, William L. (H.?) 11 NC, Nicy 9 NC, Martha 7 NC and Nancy 2 NC.

DAVID PUTMAN Cleveland County

David is the son of Willis Senior and is a farmer age 42 NC. His wife Rosanna Sanders is 40 NC. Children are Elizabeth E. 19 NC, Violet S. 17 NC, Leonard 15 NC, Rachel D. 13 NC, Allen M. 12 NC, Leander 8 NC, Albert H. 3 NC.

DRURY A. PUTMAN Cleveland County

Druary Alston is a son of Roberts Putman. He is also a wagon maker and is 19 NC. His wife Ellen C. Irby is 21 NC. They were just married and have a 5 month old son Henry.

ELIAS PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is 50 NC and living with James and Dildy Weare, Weaver or something. He is the father of the Rachel Putman as noted later on. He is a son of Willis and Elizabeth Putman.

ELIZABETH PUTMAN Cleveland County

She is 47 NC and the widow of Willis Putman who wrote a will in 1846 and died soon thereafter. Elizabeth and the kids are mentioned. The children are Simeon 24 NC, Jenille 20 NC, Leroy 18 NC, Sophia 16 NC, Andrew 15 NC, Elizabeth 13 NC, Kizia 11 NC, Wade 7 NC and Nancy 5 NC.

GRIGGS PUTMAN Cleveland County

This is another of Elias Senior's sons. He is 42 NC and his wife Louisa is also 42 NC. Children are Ally (Abby) 18 NC, John Landrum 15 NC, James T. 11 NC, Alexander 9 NC, Sarah Ann 7 NC and William Drury 6 NC. Griggs is listed as an invalid and in fact he will die shortly on September 13, 1850.

MARTHA PUTMAN Cleveland County

Martha Rogers 70 NC, is the widow of Willis Putman senior. She is living with William Branton 70 NC and Betsy Branton 53 NC. Betsy or Elizabeth is her daughter.

MARTIN PUTMAN Cleveland County

Martin is a 7 year old and living with James and Elizabeth Moore born in 1790. Elizabeth must be kin of sorts. Do not know, as he does not appear again in the census reports. However according to the Civil War records, he enlisted in the CSA in Cleveland County at age 18 on May 14, 1861, seems to have deserted in 1862 and rejoined in 1863 was captured and spent the rest of the war in Washington and was released February 21, 1865. But I don't find him in 1870 so have no idea what happened to him. I'm putting this all in here as I have no other spot for it.

NANCY PUTMAN Cleveland County

Nancy is 39 NC and has these children with her: Marcus 17 NC, William 14 NC, Elizabeth 13 NC and Elias 9NC. She is Nancy Weston, widow of Elias Putman Junior who was the son of Elias Putman and Nancy Roberts from here.

NANCY PUTMAN Cleveland County

Nancy is Nancy Roberts widow of Elias Putman Senior. He died in October 1848. Nancy is 75 NC and has her daughter Jenilla Putman age 30 NC with her. They are living with her married daughter Susan Love 53 NC and her husband James Love 54 NC and their family.

PERRY G. (GREEN) PUTMAN Cleveland County

Perry is the eldest of William and Sarah Miller Putman, and lives next door on part of the farm. He is 28 NC and a blacksmith like his father and brother. His wife Sarah is 26 NC and they have a 1 year old daughter Emeline.

RACHEL PUTMAN Cleveland County

Rachel is 9 and living with Rachel Poston who is 88 NC. She is a daughter of Elias and Rachel Poston Putman. She is living with her grandmother. Elias' wife Rachel had died July 7, 1841, probably in this childbirth. Her daddy, Elias, is listed earlier.

ROBERTS PUTMAN Cleveland County

Roberts is a wagon maker and is 46 NC. His wife is Lucinda Weaver 39 NC and the children were Martin Van Buren 14 NC, Harvey 12 NC, Rufus K. 9 NC, Junius E. 6 NC, Docker Schiffelin 4 NY and Charles (listed as Cornelius) 1 NC. He is a son of Elias Putman Senior and Nancy Roberts.

SAMUEL PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is 12 NC and lives with James Green 28 NC and Mary Green 49 NC, and several other Green families next door. Looks to be a listing for Elias’ son. He and his brother Joseph are ‘around’ as their mother just died.

SAMUEL PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is listed as 28 NC. His wife is Winney Long and she is 32 NC. Children are Perry G. (Green) 4 NC, Frances J. 2 NC and Nancy 6 months NC. He is a son of William Putman and Sarah Miller.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is now 51 NC and still a blacksmith. Sarah Miller, his wife, is 45 NC. Children are Elizabeth 22 NC, Nancy Ann 20 NC, Elias W. 17 NC (also is a blacksmith working for his dad), Sarah Jane 15 NC, Roxanna 13 NC, John E. 9 NC, Martha A. 4 NC. He is a son of Elias Putman and Nancy Roberts. They were in Lincoln County in 1840 and it became part of Cleveland County in 1841.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Cleveland County

This is Willis Putman's son and he is a farmer age 39 NC. His wife Nancy Spurlin is 32 NC. Children are John B. 9 NC, Sidney G. 8 NC, Jane 7 NC, Sarah L. 5 NC, Rufus 4 NC, Isaac Andrew 3 NC, and James C. 5 months. Anzie McFee Putman age 1 should have been listed. He is in later census returns.

WILLIS PUTMAN Cleveland County

Willis junior is a farmer 44 NC and his wife Mary ‘Polly’ Weaver is 43 NC. Children are Mary C. 16 NC, David C. 15 NC, William H. 14 NC, Martha Jane 12 NC, Thomas J. 8 NC, John H. 7 NC, twins Lorenzo & Narcissa 5 NC and Benjamin F. 3 NC. They live between Griggs Putman and David Putman. Willis will die here May 22, 1851 at age 47. Polly is widowed here in 1880 and will die in the 1880s herself.

D. (DEVALES) PUTTMAN Northern Division, Guilford County

He is Devales Putnam, a carpenter 30 NC and his wife Elizabeth Ann Owens is 24 NC. They were married May 26, 1847. Children are Laura 2 NC, Loretta 4 months NC. There is also a Mary Brady 14 NC with them. Elizabeth was born in Carteret County and everyone else in Guilford County. Devalles may be a son of Jeremiah and a first wife as Jeremiah and Susan married in 1823. Or he may belong to a brother of Jeremiah who died way back in the 1820s or even in 1819. Not sure.

JERREMIAH PUTMAN Southern Division, Guilford County

He is a farmer 27 VA and his wife Charlotte Field 27 NC. Children are Harriet 5 NC, Christopher C. (Columbus) 2 NC and Cynthia R. 1 NC. Jeremiah junior was born in Virginia, everyone else was born in Guilford County. They live right next to a large Field family headed by Christopher 56 NC and Harriet 55 NC who are probably Charlotte’s folks. Looks like their first two kids are named for her folks. They were all born here in Guilford County.

SUSAN PUTMAN Southern Division, Guilford County

She is 55 born Richmond Virginia and has her daughter Mary 18 Guilford Co. NC. Susan Dean Putman is the widow of Jeremiah Putman Senior and William and Mary are her kids as are the Jeremiah, William and Devales Putman who are in neighbors homes and working. Jeremiah must have just died and kinfolk and friends are helping out. She and all the kids will be here in 1860, and then the kids will head off to Missouri and be there by the 1870 census. She lives next to the family of William and Esther Owens. Their daughter Elizabeth married her son Devales.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Southern Division, Guilford County

He is another of Jeremiah and Susan Putnam’s kids. He is living and working for a Westbrook family 2 farms away from his mom.

W. L. (WILSON LINDSEY) PUTMAN Haywood County

This is Wilson Putman, a son of Thomas Putman and Hannah Lindsey. He is a blacksmith 36 born in South Carolina and his wife Emily is 32 also from South Carolina. He was born in that period when his folks moved just over the line into York County South Carolina. Wilson married Emily ‘Millie’ Cole in 1839. The kids are Hugh 10 NC, Louise 7 NC, Sylvania 6 NC and Thomas 2 NC. All the kids were born back up here in North Carolina. I don’t find him in 1860 or 1870, but he is listed in the 1880 census in Haywood County. By that time he has a new wife Elizabeth 17 years younger than he.

ELIAS PUTMAN Fox Squirrel, Rutherford County

This is the fourth of the Eliases. He is a son of Thomas Putman and Hannah Lindsey. He married Mirah Hughes in Rutherford County in 1847. He is 25 NC, Mira is 21 NC, Thomas is 2 NC and William is 2 months old NC.

NORTH CAROLINA 1860 CENSUS

EDWARD PUTMAN Washington, Beaufort County

He is a seaman. He is 34 Nova Scotia, Susan 33 New Brunswick and William 3/12 born at sea. This looks very much like the Edward Putnam in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1850. Susan looks to be a second wife. According to an entry in the IGI, he married Sophia Barker in Rhode Island in November 1849. He is still a sail maker in the 1881 Canadian Census in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. No idea yet who he is though. Every Putnam in Nova Scotia back then came out of New England.

JAMES PUTMAN Ashville, Buncombe County

He is 21 born NC living with James and Abby Jarrett. He is Griggs and Louisa’'s son from Cleveland County. Abby is his sister. He is also listed back in Cleveland County with his widowed mother. He served with the CSA in the Civil War, joining at age 23 on April 27, 1861. He died of pneumonia in an Army hospital in Petersburg, Virginia on July 27, 1862.

A. (ADOLPHUS) S. PUTMAN Cleveland County

Adolphus is Barnet Putman's son and is 30 NC as is his wife Elizabeth (Putman, a cousin). They have two kids, Jacob 5 and Columbus 3. He was born December 1, 1831. He married Elizabeth Elmira Putman, David Putman's daughter, on December 5, 1854. He enlisted in the CSA in Iredell County on August 14, 1862. He was in service through December 8, 1862 when he died of typhoid fever in a hospital at Winchester, Virginia.

ARTHUR PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is a son of Benjamin and Margaret Putman. His full name is Arthur McLain Putman and he is 27 NC. His wife Elvira Emeline Hill is 25 NC. Children are Hulda C. 7 NC, James M. 5 NC, John W. 3 NC and Mary C. 1 NC. His folks live next door. He was born December 18, 1832. He enlisted in the CSA in Wake County at age 31 on March 8, 1863. He was promoted to Corporal in November 1864. He was captured at Hatcher's Run, Virginia and confined at Point Lookout, Maryland where he died on May 10, 1865 of chronic dysentery. His name is on a marker at Point Lookout, Maryland. Elvira was born July 30, 1835 and she died February 28, 1900. She was the daughter of the Rev. Wade H. Hill and Temperance Ledbetter. Hulda and the other kids are here in 1870.

B. (BARNET) PUTMAN Cleveland County

This is Barnet at age 55 NC. Children with him are Nannie C. 22, Hamilton 20, Perry G. 18, Miranna 15, Rosanna 13 and Elizabeth Ann 10. Ursulla Poundland, his wife, is not listed, but she is listed in 1870 as his widow and she does not die until 1897.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is 58 NC and Margaret Branton his wife is 49 NC. Children still at home are Nancy C. 12 NC, May (Nicy Ann) 16 NC, Martha 14 NC, Benjamin A. 9 NC and Thomas D. 6 NC. Benjamin was born in Rutherford County on November 14, 1802. He married Margaret Branton in 1827 in Lincoln County (now Cleveland County), North Carolina. Margaret was born April 13, 1812. Benjamin died on March 26, 1877 and Margaret died on March (April) 8, 1897. Both are buried at the Capernaum Church Cemetery in Waco, Cleveland County.

D. A. (DRUARY ALSTON) PUTMAN Cleveland County

Drury Alston is a son of Roberts Putman and his first wife Lucinda Weaver. He is 29 NC and an artist and painter. His wife Ellen Irby is 31 NC and they have Monroe 10 NC, Emily S. 5 NC, Edward 4 NC and Dora 2 NC. His brother Harvey 24 NC is living here also. He was born December 23, 1830. He married Ellen Cornelia Irby on May 25, 1849. He enlisted in the CSA in Cleveland County at age 30 on October 1, 1861. There are no more records on him in the service. In 1870 he is a machinist. In 1880 he is running a hotel in Bakersville, Mitchell County. At that time his wife is listed by her middle name, Cornelia. He is still there in 1900. In 1910, Cornelia is widowed and living with her son Edward.

D. C. (DAVID CARSON) PUTMAN Cleveland County

This is David Carson, a son of Willis Putman Junior. He is 20 NC and his wife Fanny (Frances Battie) 23 NC. The children then were Frank A. 3, Harriett L. 2 and Charley 3 months.

DAVID PUTMAN Cleveland County

David is 52 NC as is Rosanna Sanders his wife. Children are Rachel D. 20, Miller (Allen Miller) 18, Leander 15, Albert 11, Emma 7. He is a son of Willis Putman and Martha Rogers. David was born on December 25, 1807. He married Rosannah Sanders on March 1, 1832 in Rutherford County (later part of Cleveland County). Rosannah was a sister of Susan Sanders who was the second wife of Roberts Putman, David's cousin. Rosanah died on December 27, 1879 in Cleveland County. David died there on September 14, 1890. Both are buried at the Zoar Baptist Church Cemetery.

DEVANNEY PUTMAN Cleveland County

Joseph Devanney Putman is a son of Elias and Rachel Putman. He is 24 NC, a Wagoner, and his wife Susan Rosilla Davis is 24 NC. They were married here on June 22, 1852. He was born September 3, 1835. He enlisted in the CSA as a private at age 26 on June 9, 1861 in Cleveland County. He was promoted to corporal in May 1863 and served through the War. He surrendered at the end of the war at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. They are living with Mira Davis 42 NC and a bunch of other Davis kids. Mira is her widowed mother. Devanney has 4 children, Roxanne E. 5 NC, Cora A. 4 NC, Anna C. 2 NC and Charley 1 NC.

E. W. (ELIAS WILLIAM) PUTMAN Cleveland County

This is Elias William Putman, son of William Putman and Sarah Miller. He is a master carpenter 25 and his wife Isabella (Margaret Isabella) is 20. Children are Romulus 3 and Sarah 1. He was born in January 13, 1833. He married Margaret Isabella Gilleland on December 19, 1855. She was born September 4, 1837. He was born in Lincoln County, but enlisted in Cleveland County. He joined the CSA at age 29 on March 18, 1862. He listed himself as a carpenter and was made private. He was promoted to sergeant on October 1, 1862. He was captured at Petersburg, Virginia on March 22, 1865 and transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland on March 27, 1865. He remained there until he was released on June 16, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. He is in Cleveland County in 1860 and in Iredell County in 1870 and 1880 where he is a mechanic. In 1900 he is 67 and living with Frank Henson as a father in law, Margaret has died March 31, 1887. Elias died January 8, 1909.

ELIZABETH PUTMAN Cleveland County

This is the second separate listing for her. She is Elizabeth Fanlin, Willis' widow age 57 with Wade 16 and Nancy 14 with her.

ELIZABETH PUTMAN Cleveland County

Elizabeth Fanlin is 56 NC and Willis Putman' widow. Her daughter Sophia 25 NC had married Abner Camp and she and her son Wade 16 NC are living with that family. In another later listing she has her own place and has Wade and a daughter Nancy with her as well living next door to another of her sons, Simeon. See that listing.

HARVEY PUTMAN Cleveland County

Marshall Harvey is 24 NC working as a painter. He is a son of Roberts Putman. The listing says Harry Putman, but it is Harvey. He is living with his brother Drury Alston Putman (above). He was born in 1839. He enlisted at age 20 on April 27, 1861. He served until he died 'at home' on February 17, 1863 of disease from a wound he received in the Civil War. He married Mary Emily Irby, a sister of Drury’s wife Ellen Irby. They had one child born two days before Harvey died. Then Emily married Nelson Keever and had her son Marshall junior with her in 1880 in Mitchell County.

J. W. (JAMES WEBSTER) PUTMAN Cleveland County

James is a son of Druary Putman and Sarah Spake. He is 22 and his wife Martha Reid is 23. They were married 2 years ago and now have Nathaniel 1 year old. He was born June 7, 1838. He married Martha Reed on May 3, 1858 in Shelby, Cleveland County. Martha was born in March 1837. They are in the 1870 census of Mitchell County, North Carolina with three children. James Webster was a Baptist Minister and circuit rider. He served as a 2nd Lt. in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was a Chaplain for the Infantry. He enlisted on May 17, 1862, and was in Captain Jacob Bowman's North Carolina Rangers. He was severely wounded September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga. He received a pension for this in 1905. He died in Bakersville, Mitchell County on September 24, 1914. I do not know when Martha died.

LENNY PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is James Leonard Putman, 30 NC and his wife Harriett Mauney, 31 NC. They have two children Isaac F. 4 NC and Sarah A. 1 NC. He is a son of Benjamin and Margaret Putman.

LEONARD M. PUTMAN Cleveland County

Leonard is living right next to his parents, David and Rosanna. He is 25 and his wife Kezia is 28. They have a daughter Florentine (?) 1 year old. Kezia is a daughter of Barnet and Ursula Putman. Kezia was born in 1834 so she really was 26 at this time.

LEROY PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is a son of Willis and Elizabeth Putman. His father died in 1846 and his mother lives next door with the Camp family. Leroy is 27 NC and his wife Margaret Ann Forbes is 26 NC and they have a daughter Eliza 4. He will enlist in the CSA at age 29 on October 1, 1861. He was killed at Gaines Mills, Virginia in the Civil War on June 26, 1862.

LOUISA PUTMAN Cleveland County

Louisa is Griggs Putman’s widow. He died September 13, 1850. She is now 52 with Landrum 24, Thomas 22, Cotesworth 20 and Elizabeth S. 18 helping out. John Landrum will enlist in the CSA here in Cleveland County on April 27, 1861. He will die of disease at Yorktown, Virginia on November 4, 1861. James Thomas is also listed with his married sister Abby C. Jarrett in Buncombe County. He served with the CSA in the Civil War, joining at age 23 on April 27, 1861. He died of pneumonia in an Army hospital in Petersburg, Virginia on July 27, 1862. The other son Alexander Cotesworth enlisted in the C.S.A. on May 5, 1862 at the age of 21. He served in three regiments before being captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland on September 17, 1862. He was released on September 20, 1862 at Keedysville, Maryland and returned to duty. He was wounded in the mouth by a bullet on December 13, 1862 and died in a CSA hospital at Charlottesville, Virginia on January 5,1863. They had one other son William Druary who was born in 1844 and died July 4, 1854.

M. V. (MARTIN VAN BUREN) PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is Martin Van Buren Putman 24 NC and living with the Chambers family. He is a son of Robert and Lucinda Putman. He is a painter and will be killed in 1869 in Duplin County, North Carolina. His widow will be there in 1870.

MARCUS L. PUTMAN Cleveland County

Marcus is a son of Elias and Nancy Putman. He too is a painter, 27 NC. His wife Emily J. Camp is 24 NC and they have two sons, Charles F. 3 NC and William C. 2 NC. He was born July 13, 1833 and died June 5, 1900. He married Emily Jane Camp on May 24, 1855 in Cleveland County. Emily was born September 30, 1836. There were no children born in the time frame of the Civil War, but I do not find any service records on Marcus, and don’t think he served as he was listed as an invalid in the 1850 census. He and Emily were still in Cleveland County in the 1900 Census, both in their sixties. I do not find them in 1910.

MARY PUTMAN Cleveland County

Mary or Polly Weaver is the widow of Willis Putman junior who died here on May 22, 1851. She is 48 NC and still has a bunch of kids at home. They are Mary C. 25, Martha J. 21, Sarah A. 19, Thomas 18, John H. 16, Narcissa 14, Lorenzo 14 and Benjamin Franklin 12. She is here in 1880 and then will die herself in the 1880s.

OME & ENEME PUTMAN Cleveland County

Ome A. is 4 NC and Eneme E. (Emilly?) is 2 NC. They are living with Nancy Peterson 33 NC and 5 of her Peterson Children. I do not find these two girls in 1870. No clues.

P. G. (PERRY GREEN) PUTMAN Cleveland County

Perry is 36 NC and a blacksmith. Sarah 28 NC and they now have William 8 NC, Permilia A. 10 NC, William 8 NC, David W. 6 NC, John A. 5 NC and Margaret 1 NC. Perry is a son of William Putman and Sarah Miller. He enlisted in the C.S.A. army at age 39 on February 28, 1863. He was captured at Falling Waters, Maryland on July 14, 1863 and died on August 18, 1864 at Point Lookout, Maryland. The cause of death was not listed, but it was a pretty grim prison and many just died of disease. I do not know what happened to Sarah and the rest of the kids after that. In 1870 there is a Sally Putman, age 44, living with a Miller Family, but none of the kids are with her, so not certain if they were the same Sarah. Sally is with her son John in 1900 in York County South Carolina.

RACHEL PUTMAN Cleveland County

Rachel is 18 NC. She is a daughter of Elias Putman and Rachel Poston. In 1850 she was living with her grandmother Rachel Poston who has since died. She is now with John and Mabel Poston, her uncle and Aunt. She went to live with the Postons as soon as she was born as her mother died in her childbirth.

ROBERTS PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is now 55 NC and a mechanic, Susan Sanders his wife is 54 NC. At home are Rufus 18 NC a painter, Doc Scheflin 14 NC, Charles J. 11 NC and Rush Douglas 6 NC.

NANCY PUTMAN Cleveland County

She is Nancy Weston, the widow of Elias Putman Junior and is 49 NC. With her are William 21, Elias 19, and James C. 8. James is her illegitimate son according to a researcher. Another researcher gave me info that there was a ‘Bastardy Bond’ for a baby born to a Mary Putman in 1853.

ROXANNA PUTMAN Cleveland County

She is 21 NC and a daughter of William and Sarah Putman. She is living with a Hardin family. According to the marriage records she will marry a D. J. Hardin on August 16, 1860. I believe Sarah Hardin 27 NC is her sister.

SAMUEL PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is 39 NC and his wife Winnie Long is 40 NC. This same sort of age difference was shown in 1850 so I guess he is indeed younger than Winnie. Children are Perry G. 13 NC, Frances 12 NC, Minny (Nancy) 11 NC, Sylvanus 6 NC, Broomfield 3 NC and William A. 1 NC. He is a son of William Putman and Sarah Miller.

SAMUEL PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is the son of Elias and Rachel Putman. He is 24 NC as is his wife Artie Hardin. Children are Rachel 4 NC, James Monroe 3 NC and John D. 1 NC. Sam and Artie were married in 1855.

SIMEON PUTMAN Cleveland County

He is living next door to his mother, Elizabeth Fanlin Putman (see above). He is 34 and a farmer. His wife Becky (Rebecca Copeland) is 23. They were married April 17, 1856. They have no children, but John S, Collins 18 lives with them. He is a son of Willis and Elizabeth Putman. He served in the CSA and surrendered at the end of the war at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. He and Rebecca were in the 1870 census with no children.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Cleveland County

William is 49 NC and Nancy Spurlin his wife is 42 NC. Their children now are John B. 21, Sidney G. 18, Jane 17, Sarah 15, Rufus 14, Andrew 13, Anzie 12, Eli F.or J. 11, William Van Diver 7 and Mira A. 6. He was born in Rutherford County on January 11, 1811. He married Nancy Spurlin on October 25, 1840. Nancy was born November 4, 1818. William wrote his will on August 4, 1864 and mentioned all his children by name except John who had died the year before in the Civil War. William died on August 23, 1871. Nancy was living with Albert Putman at age 62 in the 1880 census and had her son Andrew (Jack) with her. She died September 28, 1899. Both are buried at the Capernaum Baptist Church Cemetery. They also were charter members of this church.

WILLIAM (HAMBLY) PUTMAN Gaston County

He is 22 born in Cleveland County, his wife Margaret is 17 and they have Moses 1 month old. He is the son of Benjamin Putman and Margaret Branton. He'll be listed as Hambly in 1900 on. He was born in February 1839. He is in Gaston County, North Carolina in 1860 with a wife named Margaret. They were married June 9, 1860. (I don't remember where I got this date or I would know her last name). He enlisted in the CSA at age 24 on May 5, 1862. He was wounded in the head at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia on May 13, 1864 and was in the hospital until December 1864 when he was promoted to Sergeant and assigned as a provost guard in Raleigh until the end of the war in April 1865. In 1870 he is alone with five children. In 1880 he is with Margaret again and three more young 'ens. I do not know where Margaret was in 1870, but it appears she is the same gal. By 1900 he has another wife named Mary Ann who is twenty years younger than he and is wife number two. In 1910 and 1920 he and Mary Ann are still in Gaston County, he at age 64. He is widowed there in 1930.

SUSAN PUTMAN Guilford County

She is now 75 VA and living with Martin 33 NC and Mary Ann 30 NC Fields. Mary Ann is Susan and Jeremiah Putman's daughter. Susan Dean Putman is the widow of Jeremiah Putman Senior. She was just widowed here in 1850. Soon she will die, and the kids will head off to Callaway County Missouri and be there by the 1870 census.

JEREMIAH PUTMAN Guilford County

He is a son of course of Jeremiah Putnam and Susan Dean. He is now 36 VA and his wife Charlotte Fields is 36 NC. Kids are H. F. (Harriett) 16, Christopher C. 14, Martin (Jeremiah Martin) 10, Lydia G. 6, Anna D. 3 and William H. 1. They will be off to Saint Aubert, Callaway County, Missouri around 1867 and be there in the 1870 census and later.

DEVALES PUTMAN Guilford County

Devales is now 41 NC and still a carpenter, Elizabeth Owens 34 NC, Laura L. 12, John D. 7, Julius 2. This is the only part of the Putnam family that will remain here in Guilford County when the rest heads west to Missouri. Devalles may be a son of Jeremiah and a first wife as Jeremiah and Susan married in 1823. Or he may belong to a brother of Jeremiah who died way back in the 1820s or even in 1819. Not sure.

ELIAS PUTMAN Rutherfordton, Rutherford County

Thomas and Sarah Putman's son is still in the county and still a blacksmith. He is now 35 SC, his wife Mira Hughes 31 NC, Thomas 12 NC, William 10 NC, Mary 8 NC, Sarah 6 NC, Margaret 4 NC, and Martin 2 NC.

NORTH CAROLINA 1870 CENSUS

HENRY F. PUTNAM Washington, Beaufort County

He is 38 NC, Hulda Waters his wife is 25 NC, Margaret 22 NC, Martha 19 NC and Joseph 16 NC. He is listed as being a liquor dealer. Wonder if he’s legit or a moonshiner. Looks like a bunch of brothers and sisters. Can’t find them any earlier. Joseph is married in Martin County in 1880 though, and at that time he and his family are listed as Blacks.

J. B. PUTMAN Washington, Beaufort County

He is 33 NY and a mechanic. He is single and has a couple of boarders. Can’t figure him. There were several John Putman and Putnam guys in the 1850 and 1860 NY census. Won’t try to guess.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Buffalo Paper Mill, Cleveland County

He is a son of Willis Putman and Martha Rogers and is now 67 NC, Margaret Branton his wife is 58 NC. At home still are May 26, Martha 24, Benjamin A. 18, Thomas D. 16. There is also Alice 6 months who must be a grand child. Benjamin will die on March 26, 1877 and Margaret on March 8, 1897. Both are buried at the Capernaum Church Cemetery in Waco, Cleveland County.

D. C. (DAVID CARSON) PUTMAN Buffalo Paper Mill, Cleveland County

He is a son of Willis Putman Junior and Polly Weaver, is 36 NC as is his wife Fanny Battie. At home are Franklin 13, Harriet 11, Charles 9, Clarence 8, Alice 6 and Elizabeth 2. Then there is a Mary Putman 7 listed 'at home' and might be a relative, though listed as a daughter in 1880. He was born in December 1833. He enlisted in the CSA in Cleveland County on May 5, 1862 at age 28. He was wounded in the shoulder near Petersburg, Virginia on June 21, 1864 and hospitalized there. He was transferred to the hospital in Richmond on June 24, 1864. He returned to duty on August 21, 1864. He was again wounded in the right leg at Fort Stedman, Virginia on March 25, 1865. He was hospitalized at Richmond and captured there on April 3, 1865. He was released a week or so later when the war was over.

E. E. (ELVIRA EMELINE) PUTMAN Buffalo Paper Mill, Cleveland County

She is 35 NC and has Hulda C. 17 NC, James M. 15 NC, Mary C. 12 NC, John W. 10 (should be 13) NC, and Joseph 7 NC. She is Emeline Hill the widow of Arthur McLain Putman. He was a son of Benjamin Putman and Margaret Branton. He was born December 18, 1832. He enlisted in the CSA in Wake County at age 31 on March 8, 1863. He was promoted to Corporal in November 1864. He was captured at Hatcher's Run, Virginia and confined at Point Lookout, Maryland where he died on May 10, 1865 of chronic dysentery. His name is on a marker at Point Lookout, Maryland. Elvira was born July 30, 1835 and will die February 28, 1900. She is the daughter of the Reverend Wade H. Hill and Temperance Ledbetter. She and the kids are living here with her folks now.

ISAAC & SARAH ANN PUTMAN Buffalo Paper Mill, Cleveland County

These are two children of Lenny Putman and Harriett Mauney. Lenney was killed in the Civil War and Harriet has remarried to Pinkney Meacham. Harriet 42 NC is of course here as well. Isaac is 14 NC and Sarah 11 NC. Pink and Harriett also have two children of their own: David 2 and Nancy Meacham who was just born 2 months ago.

SAMUEL PUTMAN Buffalo Paper Mill, Cleveland County

He is a millwright 48 NC, Winnie Long 45 NC and Sylvanus 17 NC, Bromfield 13 NC and William A. 11 NC. He is a son of William Putman and Sarah Miller and grandson of Elias Putman and Nancy Roberts. He was born about 1821 in North Carolina. He married Winifred Long in the mid 1840s. Winnie was born about 1827 and was a daughter of Bromfield and Jency Long. They are in Spartanburg County South Carolina in 1880 working in the mills across the state line from here.

WM. R. (WILLIAM ROSWELL) PUTMAN Buffalo Paper Mill, Cleveland County

He is a farmer 35 NC. His wife Ann C. Beam is 29 NC and they have Franklin A. 4 NC and Cameron B. 1 NC. He is a son of Barnet Putman and Ursulla Poundland. He was born in March of 1835. He married Ann Clarissa Beam on May 28, 1857 in Cleveland County. They were in De Kalb County Alabama in 1860 with a daughter Ida born in 1858. They returned up here and he enlisted in the CSA at age 27 in Cleveland County on May 5, 1862. He served until February 21, 1865 when he either surrendered or deserted to the Union troops. He was confined at Washington, D.C. on February 24, 1865. He was released after the war and after taking the Oath of Allegiance. They are here forever. By 1920, he is 84 and Annie 79. Annie was widowed in 1930 at age 88.

SAMUEL PUTMAN Camp Call?, Cleveland County

This Samuel Evans Putman is a son of Elias Putman and Rachel Poston and a grandson of Willis Putman and Martha Rogers. He is 36 NC, and his wife Artie Hardin is 35 NC. At home are Rachel 15, Monroe 13, John 11, William 9, Jordan 6, Clifton 3 and Doctor 1 month. He was born on June 28, 1837. He married Artie Hardin on January 8, 1855. He enlisted in the CSA at age 24 on May 14, 1861. He was wounded and captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland on September 17, 1862 and paroled ten days later. He was on wounded leave until December 1862. He was back on active duty in January 1863. He was wounded in the left arm, head and leg at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia on May 16, 1864. His left arm was amputated and he was hospitalized at Richmond, Virginia. He was released from the hospital on June 12, 1864 and discharged. Artie Hardin was born October 5, 1835 and will die October 30, 1912 and Samuel will die March 27, 1919.

ELIZABETH PUTMAN Double Shoals (T-9), Cleveland County

She is 18 NC and living with Addy and Sarah Beam. She is most likely Barnet's daughter, her brother William Roswell Putman had married Anna Beam.

DEVANNEY PUTMAN Muddy Fork, Cleveland County

Joseph Devanney is a son of Elias Putman and Rachel Poston. He is 34 NC, Susan Rosilla Davis his wife 34 NC, Roxanna E. 15 NC, Charles Ashley 10 NC, Rachel 8 NC, Isaiah 5 NC, Coustige Zachariah 3 NC and Benjamin Franklin 1 NC. He was born September 3, 1835. He enlisted in the CSA as a private at age 26 on June 9, 1861 in Cleveland County. He was promoted to corporal in May 1863 and served through the War. He surrendered at the end of the war at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. He married Susan Rosilia Davis on June 22, 1852. Susan was a daughter of Zachariah Davis and Mira A. Webb. She was born in 1834 and died in 1880. He later married Roxanna Jane Weathers on September 20, 1882 and had eight more children. Joseph died in 1904. The children began to use the spelling Putnam.

L. D. (LORENZO DOW) PUTMAN Muddy Flat, Cleveland County

He is a farmer 24 NC, his wife Margaret Ann Forbes is 28 NC and they have Jane W. 4/12 NC. He is a son of Willis Putman Jr. and Polly Weaver from here. He was born June 7, 1845. He enlisted in the CSA at age 19 on April 1, 1864 in Cleveland County, and fought till the end of the war. He married Margaret Ann Forbes about 1868. Margaret will die in the early 1870s. He will marry Clarissa Jane Kendrick on August 15, 1875. They are here in 1880 and onward till they die here. Lorenzo died May 7, 1917. Clarissa was born January 7, 1851 and died December 26, 1930, hopefully after enjoying Christmas the day before.

P. G. (PERRY GREEN) PUTMAN Muddy Fork, Cleveland County

Perry is 24 NC. His wife Susan Waters is 23 NC. They have a son Augustus 2. Also there is her sister Ellen Waters 14. He lives next to or with his folks. He is a son of Samuel L. Putman and Winnie Long. He was born in December 1846. He enlisted as a private in the CSA at the Orange Court House in Virginia at age 18 on April 18, 1864. He was wounded in the head and eye at Wilderness, Virginia May 5, 1864. He was returned to duty prior to July 1, 1864. He was then captured at Fort Stedman, Virginia on March 25, 1865. He was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland until release on June 16, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. They are in Gaston County in 1880 and back here in 1900 and then will be in Portsmouth, Virginia by 1910.

SALLY PUTMAN Muddy Fork, Cleveland County

She is 44 NC and living as a domestic with Mahulda Miller and her six children. She is the widow of Perry Green Putman I believe. Perry enlisted in the C.S.A. army at age 39 on February 28, 1863. He was captured at Falling Waters, Maryland on July 14, 1863 and died on August 18, 1864 at Point Lookout, Maryland. The cause of death was not listed, but it was a pretty grim prison and many just died of disease. They were here in 1860 and she will be in York County South Carolina in 1900.

C. (CARRIE) G. PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

She is 4 NC and lives with V. S. Wilson 36 NC and her family. Violet Selina Putman is a daughter of David Putman and Rosannah Sanders from here. She married Samuel Clarence Wilson on January 18, 1853, and he just died here August 1, 1859. Carrie is a daughter of Leonard and Grace Putman. Her mom has just recently died. She will be with her dad and new mom Margaret Swain in Spartanburg County South Carolina in 1880.

DAVID PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

He is now 63 NC. Rosannah Sanders his wife is 63 NC, Albert R. 21 and Emma 17. Then he has his daughter Elmira Putman, Adolphus' widow, and her kids with him. See the next listing. David is a son of Willis Putman and Martha Rogers. He was born on December 25, 1807. He married Rosannah Sanders on March 1, 1832 in Rutherford County. Rosannah was a sister of Susan Sanders who was the second wife of Roberts Putman, David's cousin. Rosannah died on December 27, 1879 in Cleveland County. David died there on September 14, 1890. Both are buried at the Zoar Baptist Church Cemetery.

D. A. (DRUARY ALSTON) PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

Druary Alston Putman is a son of Roberts Putman and is 39 NC, Ellen Cordellia Irby, his wife, 41 NC, Henry Monroe 20, Emily 16, Edward 13, Dora C. 12, Weldon R. 10, Lula K. 8, Florence 6 and Miles 3. Druary is a mechanic. He enlisted in the CSA in Cleveland County at age 30 on October 1, 1861. There are no more records on him in the service. In 1880 he is running a hotel in Bakersville, Mitchell County.

ELMIRA PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

Elmira Putman is Adolphus Putman' widow is living with her parents. They were both Putmans by birth and cousins. She is 39 NC, Jacob 14, Joseph Lane 8 and David his twin 8. Adolphus S. Putman is a son of Barnet Putman and Ursula Poundland from here. He was born December 1, 1831. He married Elizabeth Elmira Putman, David and Rosannah Putman's daughter, on December 5, 1854. He enlisted in the CSA in Iredell County on August 14, 1862. He was in service through December 8, 1862 when he died of typhoid fever in a hospital at Winchester, Virginia.

EURSULA PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

Ursula Poundland is Barnet Putman's widow now age 65 NC. At home with her are Rosa 22, Columbus 13 and William Spurlin 70. I assume he is Nancy's (wife of William Putman) brother.

L. (LEANDER) G. PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 24 NC and his new wife is a Unity Nelson who is 31 NC. With them are Eli Wilson 15 and his brother Columbus Wilson 11. They are Unity’s kids, as she was previously married to a man named Wilson. They live next door to Joseph Wilson and his family on one side and the widowed Violet Putman Wilson on the other side. He is a son of David Putman and Rosannah Sanders from here. He was born February 10, 1845.

M. (MARCUS) PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

Marcus, son of the above Nancy and Elias Putman, is 37 NC, Emily Jane Camp 34 NC, Charles 13, William C. 11, Margaret 9, Emily R. 8. He was born July 13, 1833 and died June 5, 1900. He married Emily Jane Camp on May 24, 1855 in Cleveland County. Emily was born September 30, 1836. There were no children born in the time frame of the Civil War, but I do not find any service records on Marcus, and don’t think he served as he was listed as an invalid in the 1850 census. He and Emily are in Cleveland County in the 1900 Census, both in their sixties then. I do not find them in 1910.

MARY PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

Mary Weaver is listed as being 35 NC but should be 65 NC. She is the widow of Willis Putman Jr. who died here May 22, 1851. She still has at home Mary 35 NC, Martha 26 NC, Susan 20 NC, Narcissa 19 NC and Benjamin F. Putman 18 NC. She is here in 1880 and Susan and Narcissa are still with her.

ROBERTS PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

He is now 66 NC and he works on wagons. Susan Sanders his second wife is 63 NC, Charles Ingram 17 and Rush Douglas 15. He is a son of Elias Putman and was first married to Lucinda Weaver in 1825 and then, after her death, married Susan Sanders in the 1850s. Susan was a daughter of Moses Sanders and Priscilla Coker. The second marriage took place in Rutherford County.

RUFUS PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

He is Roberts Putman's son 29 NC, Sarah Gordon 21 NC, Callie E. (Caroline) 2 and Flavius Cicero 1. He enlisted in the CSA at age 19 on October 1, 1861 as a substitute. He was transferred to the 5th Regiment NC on September 1, 1862. He was captured at Hatcher's Run, Virginia on April 2, 1865. He was taken to Point Lookout, Maryland and held until June 16, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. He and Sarah are here in 1880. Then something happened to her. I guess she died. He will marry Dora Grant and be in Spartanburg County, South Carolina in 1900, and still there but widowed again in 1910

S. L. & RACHEL PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

She is age 2 NC, living with Rufus and Mary C. Botts. They have a 2 year old daughter as well, so Mary isn’t their mommy. Her sister Rachel 1 NC is here too.

SARAH E. PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

Sarah London is 25 NC and has a 2 year old son T.W. (Thomas William Marion) with her. She is the widow of Willis Junior's son Thomas Putman who died of T. B. on February 1, 1870. Then there are two more of her children living with J. S. Wilson. They are C. S. Putman 4 and Alonzo 9 months old. Both of these last two kids died young and long before the 1880 census. Sarah is one of many widows after the Civil War. You have to be careful here as there were two Thomas Putmans marrying two gals named Sarah. She is not Sarah Robbins, wife of the other Thomas.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

He is now 58 NC and Nancy Spurlin 52 NC. He is a son of Willis Putman and Martha Rogers. At home are Mary Jane 25, Rufus 23, Andrew 22, Anzie 21, James C. 19, Eli 18, William Van Diver 16, Adaline (Mira A. in 1860) 12 and Laura 10. Nancy is also listed (see Rutherford County) as being at home with her mom. He will die here August 23, 1871. Nancy is widowed here in 1880 and will be around till she dies September 28, 1899.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

Elias and Nancy's son is 38 NC, Nancy Ann Wesson his wife 25 NC, Nancy L. 3 and Mary E. 5 months old. He enlisted in the CSA at age 22 on April 27, 1861 in Cleveland County. He was captured (place and date not registered) and was paroled at Keedysville, Maryland on September 20, 1862 and returned to duty. He was wounded in the right leg at Globe Tavern, Virginia on August 21, 1864. His right leg was amputated and he was retired from service on January 28, 1865. He was captured at the hospital in Richmond, Virginia April 3, 1865. He swore the Oath of Allegiance on May 28, 1865, but probably remained at the hospital for a bit. He married Nancy Ann Wesson in Cleveland County on January 2, 1866.

W. N. (WILLIAM NATHAN) PUTMAN Stices Shoals (T-2), Cleveland County

He is 8 NC and attending school. He is with Richard Durham Hughes 27 NC and Eliza Hughes 28 NC. Eliza Turner is his mother. She had married John Berry Putman. John was a son of William Putman and Nancy Spurlin and grandson of Willis Putman and Martha Rogers. John was born in 1841. He married Eliza Turner February 26, 1861. He enlisted in the CSA at age 20 on March 18, 1862 and died July 18, 1862 fighting at Richmond. He was wounded and died of typhoid fever. Eliza later remarried to Richard Durham Hughes on October 23, 1865. He and the Hughes will all be in Colfax, Rutherford County in 1880. He will go by Nathan then and be married to Juda Z. R. Lovelace. They were married in Rutherford County March 18, 1862.

J. (JOHN) PUTMAN Stices Shoals (T-3), Cleveland County

He is 13 NC and working on the farm of James 32 NC and Emeline 24 NC Weston. He is a son of Perry Green Putman. Perry enlisted in the C.S.A. army at age 39 on February 28, 1863. He was captured at Falling Waters, Maryland on July 14, 1863 and died on August 18, 1864 at Point Lookout, Maryland. He was a son of William Putman and Sarah Miller. He had married a woman named Sarah. John is here, but I don’t find any of the others. John is in Gaston County in 1880 at age 24 with a wife named Hester age 28 NC. He is in York County, South Carolina in 1900. He is with his son Robert in Catawba York County South Carolina in 1910. His wife Hester is with her other son Henry and his sister Sally in Catawba York County in 1910. Must be a divorce of sorts.

M. A. (MARGARET ANN) PUTMAN Stices Shoals (T-3), Cleveland County

This is Margaret Ann Forbes 36 NC widow of Leroy Putman who was killed in the War. Their daughter Eliza A. 13 is still there. He was a son of Elias’ son Willis Putman and Elizabeth Fanlin, and was born in 1832. He married and was listed in the 1860 Census as Lenny though his name should be Leroy. His wife was listed as Margaret. He enlisted in the CSA at age 29 on October 1, 1861. He was killed at Gaines Mills, Virginia in the Civil War on June 26, 1862

SIMEON PUTMAN Stices Shoals (T-3), Cleveland County

He is 44 NC and Rebecca Copeland his wife 32 NC. There is an Emma Putman 12 living with them. Emma was not listed with them in 1860 so she might be a daughter or she more likely be a niece taken in after her father died in the War. There were several Putmans killed and there are several odd children found all around the county with relatives and other families. He is Willis and Elizabeth's son.

NANCY PUTMAN White Plains, Cleveland County

Elias Junior's widow Nancy Wesson is now 60 NC. Still with her is James Craton Putman, 16. James also seems to be listed again with William Putman and Nancy Spurlin, who may be his real parents. From ‘local sources’, I have it that James was an illegitimate son of Nancy Wesson. He will marry Amanda Wesson on December 7, 1871. They are in Cleveland County in 1880 and Gaston County in 1900.

DOCTOR PUTMAN Kenansville, Duplin County

This county is over by the coast. He is Doctor Shiflin Putman, Roberts' son. He is 23 NC. He is listed as living with Mary Putman and her kids in the Bass family. Then there is Mary Putman 20, James 16, Araminta 12, Robert L. 3 and Charles 1, all NC. They are listed with the family of Lewis 55 and Mary 54 Bass. Now, this mess needs a little straightening out. Doctor and his older brother Martin Van Buren Putman were painters and were working in this area. Martin was killed by a blow to the head in early December 1869 and an inquest was held December 10, 1869. Mary (Bass) Putman was Martin's wife. The two youngest children were sons of Martin and Mary. Not sure who the two older children are, but I guess they are actually Basses and Mary siblings. Mary is, however, Martin's widow, and Lewis and Mary Bass are her folks. She and the kids will be still here with her folks in 1880.

HAMBY PUTMAN Cherryville, Gaston County

He is William Hamby Putman, son of Benjamin and Margaret Putman. He is 34 NC and there seems to be no wife here. In 1860 he had a wife named Margaret, but no wife is listed here in 1870. In 1880, Margaret a wife, the right age is with him. I assume she is the same gal and his first wife, but was simply out somewhere here in 1870. I am not totally sure though. The children are Alexander 11, John 8, George 5, Eliza 3 and Jane 1. He enlisted in the CSA at age 24 on May 5, 1862. He was wounded in the head at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia on May 13, 1864 and was in the hospital until December 1864 when he was promoted to Sergeant and assigned as a provost guard in Raleigh until the end of the war in April 1865.

DEVALES PUTMAN Friendship, Guilford County

He is now 48 NC, Elizabeth Ann Owens 44 NC, John D. 17, Julius 11, Nora 8, Mary 6 and Walter (James Walter) 3. He was born here. Devalles may be a son of Jeremiah and a first wife as Jeremiah and Susan married in 1823. Or he may belong to a brother of Jeremiah who died way back in the 1820s or even in 1819. Not sure. The rest of the family was here in 1860. They left shortly after that for Callaway County Missouri where they will stay forever. Young John will be in Piatt County, Illinois in 1880 working on a farm.

ANN PUTMAN Morehead, Guilford County

She is 30 NC and living with Elizabeth Coffin 67 NC. Anne was a Coffin. She married William Putman on October 9, 1860 and he died sometime in the 1860s. She will marry Joseph Morris in 1872. The Coffins were another Quaker family. They came down from Nantucket to North Carolina along with several other families.

ELIAS PUTMAN Forks of Pigeon, Haywood County

He is 16 NC and living with the family of Thomas and Jemima Presley. He is a son of Wilson Putman. This is the period that Wilson is between wives. Putmans and Presleys intermarried for years. He will marry Margaret Ellen Baker in Beaverdam, Haywood County on November 12, 1874 and they are here through 1900.

HUGH PUTMAN Forks of Pigeon, Haywood County

He is Elias' brother and a son of Wilson Putman and Emily Cole. He is 30 NC and his wife Martha is 29 NC. There are no children reported. They are here in 1880, and his brother Thomas is with them. Martha is widowed here by 1900.

ELIAS W. (WILLIAM) PUTMAN Davidson, Iredell County

William Putman and Sarah Miller's son is 37 NC and his wife Margaret Isabella Gilleland is 30 NC. Children are Romulus L. 13, Sarah (Sallie) 11, Dewitt 9, Robert 7, Lee 5 and Estelle 1. He was born in January 13, 1833. He married Margaret Isabella Gilleland on December 19, 1855. She was born September 4, 1837. He was born in Lincoln County, but enlisted in Cleveland County. He joined the CSA at age 29 on March 18, 1862. He listed himself as a carpenter and was made private. He was promoted to sergeant on October 1, 1862. He was captured at Petersburg, Virginia on March 22, 1865 and transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland on March 27, 1865. He remained there until he was released on June 16, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance.

LEE PUTMAN Union, Lincoln County

He is 8 NC and with the family of William 31 NC and Amelia 25 NC Ray. He will be here with another family in 1880. Since he missed the 1770, have no ideas as to his dad.

J. W. (JAMES WEBSTER) PUTMAN Bakersville, Mitchell County

This is James Webster Putman 32 NC, Martha Reid 33 NC, Zebulon 10, Gus 3 and Mary Ann 1. He is a son of Druary Vance Putman and Sarah Shake. Druary died back in Rutherford County in 1845. His mother remarried John Scoggins and they all went up here to Bakersville. James was a circuit rider and Baptist Minister. He married Martha Reed on May 3, 1858 in Shelby, Cleveland County. Martha was born in March 1837. He served as a 2nd Lt. in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was a Chaplain for the Infantry. He enlisted on May 17, 1862, and was in Captain Jacob Bowman's North Carolina Rangers. He was severely wounded September 20, 1863 at Chicamauga. He received a pension for this in 1905. He will die here in Bakersville on September 24, 1914.

THOMAS PUTMAN Hickory Grub, Rutherford County

He is 21 NC, Sarah Jane Robbins 21 NC and James 1. He is Elias Putman's eldest son. He was born March 4, 1848. He married Sarah Jane Robbins on January 26, 1865. Sarah Jane was a daughter of John Robbins and Olattia Hay. She was born August 26, 1849 in Rutherford County. They are still in Rutherford County in 1900 and 1910. Thomas died March 16, 1916. In 1920 Sarah will be living with her son William (Billy). Sarah died March 20, 1927. Both are buried in the Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery

ELIAS PUTMAN Hickory Grub, Rutherford County

He is now 45 NC, Mira Hughes his wife is 42 NC, Margaret 14, Martin 12, Elizabeth 10, Samuel 4, John 1, Susan 8 and William 20. He is a son of Thomas Putman and Hannah Lindsay. Elias was born July 13, 1824 in South Carolina. He married Mira Hughes there March 31, 1847. Mira was born March 6, 1828. They were both in Rutherford County North Carolina in 1880, he 55 and she 50. Still at home were Harriett 17 and Samuel W. 13. In 1900 Elias and Mira are still alive at 75 and 70 and living by themselves. Elias will die in Rutherford County on November 9, 1901, Mira will die there January 17, 1908. They are buried at the Kistler Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in Shiloh, Rutherford County.

NORTH CAROLINA 1880 CENSUS

ELI F. PUTMAN Double Shoals, Cleveland County

Eli is a son of William Putman and Nancy Spurlin. He is 28 NC NC NC his wife Julia Thompson is 25 NC and they have Lilly R. 7, Burguoine a son 4, George 3 and Bula 1. He was born May 17, 1851 and married Julia Thompson August 20, 1874. They are here in 1900.

JAMES C. (CRATON) PUTMAN Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

This is the James that has been living with his mother Nancy Wesson Putman for 20 years. He now is married and lives next door. He is 28, his wife Amanda Wesson is 24 and children are Alice 7, Clarence 4 and Sallie 1. Also living with them is Lizzie Wesson 21 her sister. I have it that he was an illegitimate son of Nancy Wesson. I’m sticking him here, as he is part of this family. He married Amanda Wesson on December 7, 1871. They are in Gaston County in 1900. By 1910, they are in Cherokee County, South Carolina. He died there in South Carolina in June 1918. His death certificate gave his middle name. Amanda, a widow then, was with her son Audie in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1920 and with a grandchild in Charlotte in 1930. Amanda died there in 1935.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is William Alexander Putman, a son of Elias and Nancy Putman. In fact his mother lives with him at age 70. William is 41, Nancy Ann Wesson is 34, Mary 10, Marcus 8, Velle 6, William 4, Adrian 1, and Nancy Wesson Putman, his mother now age 70. Everyone was born here in North Carolina. He married Nancy Ann Wesson in Cleveland County on January 2, 1866. In 1900 he is in Gaston County with Nancy and three more children. He will die there in August 1900.

DAVID CARSON PUTMAN Rippys, Cleveland County

Willis junior's son is 46, Fanny Battie his wife 46 as well. Current children are Franklin 22, Charles 17, Hattie 20, Mary 16, Alice 14, David Clarence 12, Liza L. 10, Minnie 8. Also there is Linda Battie 60 NC. She is Fanny's mom. He was born in December 1833. His wife Fanny will die here June 17, 1883. He will marry Sally Ann Roberts on December 4, 1886 and they will have six more children. They are here in 1900 and I don’t find him after that.

MARCUS L. PUTMAN Rippys, Cleveland County

Again he is in the house next door. He is a son of Elias Putman junior and Nancy Wesson. All these Putmans live absolutely next to each other, but all had different parents. Makes it very confusing. Anyway, Marcus is 47, Emily Jane Camp his wife is 43, Charles 23, William C. 21, Margaret E. 19, Sarah L. 13, Fanny R. 11, Jessie E. 9, Laura E. 7, Lillian 5 and Lela or Lola 3. Seven girls in a row! He was born July 13, 1833 and died June 5, 1900. He married Emily Jane Camp on May 24, 1855 in Cleveland County. Emily was born September 30, 1836.

MARGARET PUTMAN Rippys, Cleveland County

She is living with Perry Martin and Lucinda Roberts. She is listed 48 SC. Margaret Ann Forbes is the widow of Leroy Putman. Leroy enlisted in the CSA at age 29 on October 1, 1861. He was killed at Gaines Mills, Virginia in the Civil War on June 26, 1862. Her daughter Eliza Ann married Perry Martin Roberts on May 10, 1877. She was his second (of four) wife. She contracted T.B. and died shortly afterwards in 1878. Lucinda is a third wife. Also here are Martin and Lucinda’s kids: Sidney 15 NC, Nora 13 NC, Columbus 11 NC, Ellen 10 NC, Margaret 9 NC, Lucinda 5 NC and Dora 1 NC.

McDOWELL PUTMAN Rippys, Cleveland County

This is a she 27 NC SC NC by herself with several boarders. Also here are Sarah Turner 63 SC, Nannie or Naomi Hopper 8 SC NC NC, and Logan Murray 17 NC a laborer.

MONROE PUTMAN Rippys, Cleveland County

This is NOT the Monroe who was a son of Sam and Artie Putman. He is Henry Monroe who is the son of Druary Alston Putman and Ellen Cornelia Irby. Anyway he is 25 NC NC NC, his wife Emma (Emily Texana Sanders) is 29 NC, and they have two daughters Ardila (Delilah Corrine) 6 NC and Chesley (Henry Jesse a son) 2 NC. He must be moving as he gets a second listing later on as Henry M. Putman.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Rippys, Cleveland County

He is listed as the next household and living with Perry Martha Allen. He is 32 and a son of Perry Green and Sarah Putman. He lives in a house next door to David Putman and then Marcus Putman and their families.

SAMUEL PUTMAN Sandy Run, Cleveland County

He is now 42, Artie Hardin 44. Kids at home are Rachel 23, James Monroe 22, John Daniel 20, William Alexander 18, Jordan David 16, Leroy Clifton 13, Doctor Frank 10, Mary Martha 8, Charles Irvin 6, Samuel Tilden 4, Pinkney Austin 1 and according to other records Julie Lou Esther is about to be born in 1880. He is Samuel Evans Putman a son of Elias Putman (son of Willis) and Rachel Poston. He was born on June 28, 1837. He married Artie Hardin on January 8, 1855. He enlisted in the CSA at age 24 on May 14, 1861. He was wounded and captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland on September 17, 1862 and paroled ten days later. He was on wounded leave until December 1862. He was back on active duty in January 1863. He was wounded in the left arm, head and leg at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia on May 16, 1864. His left arm was amputated and he was hospitalized at Richmond, Virginia. He was released from the hospital on June 12, 1864 and discharged. Artie Hardin was born October 5, 1835 and will die here October 30, 1912. Samuel will die here March 27, 1919.

ALBERT R. PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

This is David Putman and Rosannah Sanders' son. He is 32 NC, his wife Eliza McIntyre is 23 NC, and they have Ada 8, John B. 6, Everett 2 and with them is Nancy Putnam 62. Nancy may be Nancy Spurlin, the widow of William Putman. Also here is his brother Andrew Jackson Putnam 33 NC. The next two listings are all living here with him. Big extended family.

DAVID PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

Willis’ son is now widowed and 74. His wife Rosannah Sanders died here the months ago on December 27, 1879. At home still are his daughter Emiline 50, widow of Adolphus and a grandson David 17. Emiline was listed as Elmira in 1870. Since David is listed as a grand son, then some others in the 1870 may have been grandchildren too. Again that was the census with lots of Civil War Orphans. I think this David is David Clarence also listed with his own father, David Carson Putman. David (senior) will be here until he dies September 14, 1890. He and Rosannah are buried at the Zoar Baptist Church they helped to found.

HENRY M. (MONROE) PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

He is Henry Monroe Putman, and a son of Drury Alston Putman and Ellen Cornelia Irby. He is 30, his wife Emma Sanders is 29. Children are Delilah Corrine 6 and Henry Chesley 3. This is his second listing here. He was born April 9, 1850. He married Emily Texana Sanders on March 8, 1873, and they will be in Gaston County in 1900.

JOSEPH INGRAM PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 47 NC NC NC and living with his brother Rufus (below). They are sons of Roberts Putman and his first wife Lucinda Walker. He was born in 1833. He enlisted in the CSA at age 19 on October 1, 1861. He was captured at Falling Waters, Maryland on July 14, 1863 and confined at Point Lookout, Maryland on August 17, 1863. He was transferred to Elmira, New York on August 16, 1864. He was then paroled on October 11, 1864 and transferred to Venus Point, Savannah River, Georgia in November 1864 and was exchanged there on November 15, 1864. I do not find him in 1900.

MARY PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

Willis Junior's widow, Mary Weaver, is now 75 and has Susan 40 and Narcissa 30 at home. I don’t think Susan ever married. Narcissa will finally get married to W. F. Wortman on August 3, 1899.

ROBERT SYLVANUS PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 24 NC and his wife Jane Barnet is 26 NC. He lives next door to his mother, Winnie. His folks were Samuel L. Putman and Winnifred Long. He was born in October 1854. He married Amanda Jane Barnet in Wilkes County, North Carolina on December 5, 1878. They will be in Wilkes County in 1900 and then in Yadkin County in 1910 and 1920. Amanda is widowed there in 1930.

RUFUS PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is a son of Roberts Putman. He is 41, his wife Sarah Gordon is 30, Caroline 12, Cicero 11, Myrtle 8, an unnamed daughter (Zula Ethel) just born and with them is his brother Charles Ingram Putman 27 NC. He was born in October 1840. He enlisted in the CSA at age 19 on October 1, 1861 as a substitute. He was transferred to the 5th Regiment NC on September 1, 1862. He was captured at Hatcher's Run, Virginia on April 2, 1865. He was taken to Point Lookout, Maryland and held until June 16, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. He will be remarried to Dora Grant in Spartanburg County, South Carolina in 1900, and still there but widowed again in 1910.

TWO PUTNUMS Shelby, Cleveland County

These are two males, Peontim 2 NC and an unnamed guy 1/12 NC. They are listed as ‘other’ with William P. and Susan L. Love. Very strange listing. It is almost like they were in a separate listing.

VANDIVER PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is living with Jane Street 35, probably the daughter of Barnet and Ursula Putman. He is a son of William and the above Nancy. He is 25. With him is Barnet's widow URSULA 75 (listed as Zulia). Then there are a whole mess of folks. NANCY CAROLINE 41 Barnet's daughter and EMMA F 21 listed as a daughter. Also with them is Rufus and his family, but I'll list them separately next.

WINNIE PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

Samuel's wife is now 58 NC NC NC and her son William is 17. Sam is now in Spartanburg County, South Carolina and Winnie is also listed there. She and her youngest must be just finishing the move. In the actual census, however, she lists herself as widowed.

DOCTOR B. PUTMAN Township 2, Cleveland County

This is Benjamin Franklin Putman. He uses the name Doctor, but he is just a farmer. He is 31. His wife Vera Hughes is 30. Edith is 5, Carry or Caroline 3, Leo R. 2 and a brand new unnamed son, listed as Berton in 1900. He is a son of Willis Putman Jr. and Polly Weaver. He was born on April 12, 1849. He married Verdia (Vera) R. Hughes December 21, 1871. She was born April 12, 1850 a daughter of Sanford and Veranda Hughes. Her widowed dad Sanford 68 NC is living right next door at this time. He is He died November 30, 1925 and she died March 12, 1920.

B. A. (BENJAMIN ANDREW) PUTMAN District 69, Cleveland County

He is a son of Benjamin and Margaret Branton Putman. He lives next door to his brother Thomas, and is 27 NC NC NC and his wife Mary E. Gates is 27 NC. They have Charles S. 8 NC, James L. 5 NC, and Mary E. 3 NC. He was born January 11, 1852 and will die October 20, 1926. He married Mary Ellen Gates, born August 4, 1852 and will die October 22, 1923.

CONLEY PUTMAN Cleveland County

The main name is missing, but there is a CONLEY PUTMAN age 2 listed as a son. One source states the name was Elizabeth Martin, listed as his mother. He will be in Cabarrus County in 1900. No idea who he is though.

DEVANNEY PUTMAN District 69, Cleveland County

He is 45 NC NC NC, Rosella Davis his wife is 45 NC, Charles A.G. 21, Rachel 18, Isaiah 15, Cardo (Coustige Zachariah) 13, Benjamin 11, Mira J. 9, William C. 7 and Devanney junior 3. Joseph Devanney is a son of Elias Putman and Rachel Poston. He was born September 3, 1835. He enlisted in the CSA as a private at age 26 on June 9, 1861 in Cleveland County. He was promoted to corporal in May 1863 and served through the War. He surrendered at the end of the war at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. He married Susan Rosilia Davis on June 22, 1852. Susan was a daughter of Zachariah Davis and Mira A. Webb. She was born in 1834 and died in 1880. He will marry Roxanna Jane Weathers on September 20, 1882 and have eight more children. Joseph died in 1904. The children began to use the spelling Putnam.

ELVIRA PUTMAN District 69, Cleveland County

She is living with Monroe Bridges. She is Elvira Hill 45 NC NC NC, the widow of Arthur McLain Putman. Her daughter Mary is married to Walton Monroe Bridges. Two houses away is her son, Matt (James Madison) Putman. Arthur was born December 18, 1832. He married Elvira Emiline Hill. He enlisted in the CSA in Wake County at age 31 on March 8, 1863. He was promoted to Corporal in November 1864. He was captured at Hatcher's Run, Virginia and confined at Point Lookout, Maryland where he died on May 10, 1865 of chronic dysentery. His name is on a marker at Point Lookout, Maryland. Elvira was born July 30, 1835 and she will die here February 28, 1900. She was the daughter of the Rev. Wade H. Hill and Temperance Ledbetter.

JAMES MADISON PUTMAN District 69, Cleveland County

Listed as Mat Putman. He is 25 NC NC NC and a son of Arthur McLain. He lives with George Plummer almost next to his widowed mom Elvira (see above). He was born February 7, 1855 and died August 28, 1894. In 1900, there is a Barbara Putman, a widow age 44 with 4 children the right ages in Gaston County, North Carolina. I am guessing she is his widow. One son was named Hill, probably after his grand parents.

L. D. PUTMAN District 69, Cleveland County

He is 45 NC NC NC, and his wife Susanna is 40 NC. Not sure who he is or if he is a Pitman not a Putman. Remember there were a zillion Pitmans in the State.

L. D. (LORENZO DOW) PUTMAN District 69, Cleveland County

This is Lorenzo Dow Putman, son of Willis and Mary. In 1870 his wife was Margaret Ann Forbes but now is Clarissa Jane Kendrick. He is 35 NC. She 23 NC, Jane is now 11 NC, and Samuel 9 NC. He was born June 7, 1845. He enlisted in the CSA at age 19 on April 1, 1864 in Cleveland County, and fought till the end of the war. He married Margaret Ann Forbes about 1868. Margaret died in the early 1870s and his second wife is Clarissa Jane Kendrick born January 7, 1851. They were married on August 15, 1875. Lorenzo will die May 7, 1917 and Clarissa on December 26, 1930.

T. D. (THOMAS DICKSON) PUTMAN District 69, Cleveland County

This is Thomas Dickson Putman, a son of Benjamin and Margaret Putman. He is 25 NC NC NC, his wife Fanny Jenkins is 21 NC, Laura 1 and Miller Alexander 8 months. Also here is his mother Margaret Branton, Benjamin's widow, 68 NC, Martha E. 34 NC a sister and Alice 10 NC a niece. Alice was here with Benjamin and Margaret at age 6 months in 1870. Don’t know how she fits in, but most likely an out-of-wedlock kid that Martha had. Fairly common in these families. Benjamin died here March 26, 1877, and Margaret will die here March 8, 1897. Thomas was born October 5, 1855. He and Frances are both still in Cleveland County in 1920. He died November 2, 1923.

WILLIAM R. (ROSWELL) PUTMAN District 69, Cleveland County

He is the son of Barnet and Ursula and is now 45 NC NC NC, Ann C. Beam is 38 and Franklin A. 14, Cameron B. 13, William C. J. 8, Hattie A. 5, Florence C. 3 and Minnie L 1. He was born in March of 1835. He married Ann Clarissa Beam on May 28, 1857 in Cleveland County. He enlisted in the CSA at age 27 in Cleveland County on May 5, 1862, and served until February 21, 1865 when he either surrendered or deserted to the Union troops. He was confined at Washington, D.C. on February 24, 1865. He was released after the war and after taking the Oath of Allegiance. By 1920, he is 84 and Annie 79. Annie is widowed in 1930 at age 88

WINNIE PUTMAN District 69, Cleveland County

Winifred Long is the wife of Samuel Putman. She is 58 (should reads 53) NC and has her son William Adkin Putman 17 NC with her. They are listed with Newton and Sarah Long. Newton 55 NC is her brother. She is also listed with Sam and another of her kids right now in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Sam is a son of William Putman and Sarah Miller from Cleveland County.

M. B. (MARY BASS) PUTNAM Kenansville, Duplin County

Mary Bass Putnam is 30 NC, Lewis R. 13 NC, Charlie 11 NC. They live with her folks L. G. and Molly Bass. She is the widow of Martin Van Buren Putman who died in 1869. In 1870, they were with his brother Docker Shiflin Putnam here in Duplin County.

EUGENE PUTMAN Tarboro, Edgecombe County

He is 15 NC NC NC. He works in his uncle’s store. His uncle is P. C. Johnson 35 NC. No ideas at all here. Looks like Pitman.

DAVID PUTNAM Cherryville, Gaston County

He is 26 and his wife Catherine Carpenter is 27. They have a 10 month old daughter Laura. He is a son of Perry Green and Sarah Putman and grandson of William Putman and Sarah Miller. They are both here in through 1920, but not by 1930.

HAMBY PUTNAM Cherryville, Gaston County

He is William Hamby Putman son of Benjamin and Margaret Branton Putman. He is 43 NC NC NC, and his wife Margaret is 36. Children are Alexander 19, John 16, George 12, Liza 10, Mary 8, Franklin 5 and Augustus 3. He was born in February 1839. He is in Gaston County, North Carolina in 1860 with a wife named Margaret. They were married June 9, 1860. (I don't remember where I got this date or I would know her last name). He enlisted in the CSA at age 24 on May 5, 1862. He was wounded in the head at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia on May 13, 1864 and was in the hospital until December 1864 when he was promoted to Sergeant and assigned as a provost guard in Raleigh until the end of the war in April 1865. In 1870 he is alone with five children. In 1880 he is with Margaret again and three more young 'ens. I do not know where Margaret was in 1870, but it appears she is the same gal. By 1900 he has another wife named Mary Ann who is twenty years younger than he and is wife number two. In 1910 and 1920 he and Mary Ann are still in Gaston County, he at age 84.

JOHN PUTMAN Cherryville, Gaston County

He is 24 NC NC NC and his wife Esther is 28 NC. He is a son of Perry Green and Sarah Putman from Cleveland County. That Perry Green was a son of William Putman and Sarah Miller from Cleveland County. He will be in York County, South Carolina in 1900 and 1910.

PERRY G. (GREEN) PUTMAN Crowders Mountain, Gaston County

Perry Green Putman is a son of Samuel Putman and Winnie Long. He is 33 NC NC NC and a mill engineer. His wife Susan M. Waters is 31 NC NC NC. Children are Augustus 10, Empero 8, Amanda J. 6 and John S. 2. He was born in December 1846. He enlisted as a private in the CSA at the Orange Court House in Virginia at age 18 on April 18, 1864. He was wounded in the head and eye at Wilderness, Virginia May 5, 1864. He was returned to duty prior to July 1, 1864. He was then captured at Fort Stedman, Virginia on March 25, 1865. He was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland until release on June 16, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. They will be in Cleveland County in 1900, and then in Portsmouth Virginia with his son Empero in 1910. Both Perry and Susan will die before 1920.

JOE A. (ALEXANDER) PUTMAN Dallas, Gaston County

He is 18 NC NC NC, and listed as a nephew of John G. and Elizabeth B. Hill. He is Joseph Putman, a son of Arthur McLain Putman and Elvira Hill. He was born October 21, 1861 and died April 17, 1939. He will marry Nancy Ellen LeMaster in 1881. He was born in Waco, Cleveland County North Carolina and Nancy was born in Glendale, South Carolina. They lived near Spartanburg, Greenville County, South Carolina. In 1910, they will be in De Kalb County Alabama.

DEVALES PUTNAM Morehead, Guilford County

He is 61 VA VA VA and his wife Elizabeth Ann Owens is 53 NC NC NC. Kids are Susan L. 18, Mary M. 16 and James W. (Walter) 12. He was listed as D. Puttman in 1860 with Elizabeth and two daughters Laura and Loretta. Devalles may be a son of Jeremiah Putnam and a first wife as Jeremiah and Susan Dean married in 1823. Or he may belong to a brother of Jeremiah who died way back in the 1820s or even in 1819. Not sure. They will both die before 1900. This is the Quaker family that came into Virginia in the late 1700s.

JULIUS E. PUTNAM Morehead, Guilford County

He is 21 NC NC NC and his wife Eliza Paschal is 22 and they have a son George 1. He is Devales and Elizabeth Ann Putman's son.

ELIAS PUTMAN Beaver Dam, Haywood County

This Elias is a son of Wilson Putman and his first wife Emily Cole. He is 26 NC TN NC. His wife Margaret Ellen Baker is 23 NC. They have Lavinia 5, Mary E. 4 and Robert C. (Coleman) 1. All born NC. He was born August 9, 1850. He married Margaret Ellen Baker in Beaver Dam, Haywood County on November 12, 1874. They will be here together in the 1900 census, but she will die and he will marry Elizabeth Presley on December 7, 1912.

JOSEPH PUTMAN Ivy Hill, Haywood County

He is 24 NC NC NC and a laborer on the Nelson farm. He is Wilson and Emily’s son. He will marry Matilda Conrad in 1881 and be here in 1900 through 1930.

HUGH PUTMAN Pigeon, Haywood County

He is a cabinet maker 39 NC SC SC, Martha Ann 39 SC SC SC, and as in 1870, no kids. His brother Thomas C. Putman 32 NC SC SC is with them. They are sons of Wilson Putman and Emily Cole. Martha is widowed here in 1900. Thomas will Marry Amanda Singleton here very shortly and they are here in 1900 and he is widowed here in 1910.

WILSON PUTMAN Jonathans Creek, Haywood County

Wilson is 67 SC VA PA and tends a mill. His wife is now N. Elizabeth and is 40 NC so she is a second wife. He was earlier married to Emily Cole back in Rutherford County. The two sons a home are Montville 15 TN and Edward M. 4 NC (actually 14?). Montville was born in Tennessee and Edward in North Carolina. Wilson is a son of Thomas Putman and Hannah Lindsey from Cleveland County NC and was born while the family was in York County SC.

E. W. (ELIAS WILLIAM) PUTMAN Davidson, Iredell County

He is Elias William, son of William and Sarah Miller Putman, 47 NC NC NC and a mechanic. His wife Margaret Isabell Gilleland is 40 and the children are Sarah R. 20, DeWitt Preston 18, Robert Julius 15, George Clifton 8, Lits H. F. (would be the son Lee in 1870) 13, John Adams 6, Jennie 4, Samuel 3 and Benjamin N. 1 NC. He was born in January 13, 1833. He married Margaret Isabella Gilleland on December 19, 1855. She was born September 4, 1837. He was born in Lincoln County, but enlisted in Cleveland County. He joined the CSA at age 29 on March 18, 1862. He listed himself as a carpenter and was made private. He was promoted to sergeant on October 1, 1862. He was captured at Petersburg, Virginia on March 22, 1865 and transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland on March 27, 1865. He remained there until he was released on June 16, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. He is in Cleveland County in 1860 and in Iredell County in. In 1900 he is 67 and living with Frank Henson as a father in law, Margaret has died March 31, 1887. Elias will die himself on January 8, 1909.

ROMULUS PUTNAM Davidson, Iredell County

He is 23 NC and his wife is Laura S. 20 NC and they have a son Elias William 2 NC. He is the son of the above listed Elias William and Margaret Putman. The census listing reads B. F. Putnam, so don’t get confused.

BROOMFIELD PUTMAN Howards Creek, Lincoln County

He is a son of Samuel Putman and Winnie Long. He is 20 NC NC NC, his wife Dora Black is 21 NC NC NC and they have a son Luther 2 NC. He was born in 1857. He married Dora Black, born May 2, 1858 a daughter of Alfred Black and Mahala Self. Dora is widowed here by 1900.

LEE PUTMAN Lincolnton, Lincoln County

He is 18 NC NC NC, and lives with Thomas and Minnie Ramsaur as a laborer. He was here living with the family of William and Amelia Ray in 1870. No clue as to his folks though.

JOSEPH PUTMAN Jamesville, Martin County

He is 28 NC, Sarah 24 NC, Sarah 4 and Mary E. 2. This is a black Family. He fits the son of Henry and Hulda Putman in Beaufort County in 1870, except that family was listed as white. Never found them before so no ideas at all.

DRURY A. (ALSTON) PUTNAM Bakersville, Mitchell County

He is the son of Roberts Putman and Lucinda Weaver from Cleveland County and is a hotel keeper in Bakersville. He is 49 NC and Ellen Cordella Irby his wife is 50 NC. Children are Emma S. 24 NC, Edward 23 NC, Weldon (listed as William in 1900) 19 NC, Henrietta 16 NC, Lula 17 NC and Milo 12 NC.

JAMES WEBSTER PUTMAN Bakersville, Mitchell County

He is nearby and is 42, his wife Martha Reid 43. Children are Zebulon (Nathaniel Zebulon) 20, Augustus (Augustus Merriman) 16, George W. (Washington) 13, Mary Ann 10, Russell B. 7 and Charles S. (Sidney) 4. They were in Cleveland County in 1860 and here in 1870. He is a son of Drury Vance and Sarah Shake Putman. He was born June 7, 1838. He married Martha Reed on May 3, 1858 in Shelby, Cleveland County. Martha was born in March 1837. In 1860 he is with his wife Martha in Cleveland County with one child. They were in the 1870 census of Mitchell County, North Carolina with three children. James Webster was a Baptist Minister and circuit rider. He served as a 2nd Lt. in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was a Chaplain for the Infantry. He enlisted on May 17, 1862, and was in Captain Jacob Bowman's North Carolina Rangers. He was severely wounded September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga. He received a pension for this in 1905. He died in Bakersville, Mitchell County on September 24, 1914. I do not know when Martha died, but it was before 1920.

MARSHALL PUTMAN Bakersville, Mitchell County

He is Marshall Harvey Putman Junior 17 NC and is listed as a stepson with Nelson 45 NC and Emily (Irby) Keever 39 NC, and their family. Emily is his mother. She married Marshall Harvey Putman, Drury Putman’s brother, in 1861. He died of injuries from the Civil War in 1863. She then later married Nelson. Emily Irby is a sister of Ellen who married the above Drury. Marshall will soon marry Etta Howell and be here until he dies in 1953 at age 90.

DR. S. (SHIFLIN) PUTMAN Greens Creek, Polk County

Docker Shiflin, son of Roberts Putman. He is a blacksmith 33 NC NC NC, his wife Julia Sanders 32, Lore S. a daughter 5 and Van S. 3. With them is Emiline Sanders 53 NC and widowed. She is probably Julia's mom. He was born in 1847 in Cleveland County. He was in Duplin County in 1870 with his brother Martin's family. He married Julia Ann Sanders about 1873. Julia is widowed in Ashville by 1900.

G. A. PUTMAN Wisharts, Robeson County

He is definitely a Pitman.

N. R. PUTMAN Williamsburg, Rockingham County

He is 24 NC NC NC, a minister and lives with a Neil family. The name really looks like Pitman and there are lots and lots of Pitmans all over the state.

NATHAN PUTMAN Colfax, Rutherford County

He is 18 NC NC NC, his wife Juda Z. Lovelace is 17 NC NC NC. They were just married here July 3, 1879. He is a son of John Berry Putman and Eliza Turner from Cleveland County. His full name is William Nathan Putman. His dad died in the Civil War in 1862. His mother remarried to Richard Durham Hughes. He was with them in Cleveland County in 1870 and is living with them here now. I don’t find them in 1900 or later anywhere.

ELIAS PUTNAM Sulphur Springs, Rutherford County

He is 55 SC NC NC and his wife Mira Hughes is 50. Harriett 17 NC and Samuel W. 13 NC are at home. Elias is a son of Thomas Putman and Hannah Lindsay. Elias was born July 13, 1824 in South Carolina. He married Mira Hughes there March 31, 1847. Mira was born March 6, 1828. They were both in Rutherford County North Carolina in 1880, he 55 and she 50. Still at home were Harriett 17 and Samuel W. 13. In 1900 Elias and Mira were still alive at 75 and 70 and living by themselves. Elias died in Rutherford County on November 9, 1901, Mira died there January 17, 1908. They are buried at the Kistler Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in Shiloh, Rutherford County.

MARTIN TOLIVER PUTMAN Sulphur Springs, Rutherford County

He is listed as T. Martin, but is Elias’ son and lives one house away. He is 21 NC, Anne Catherine Wilkes 18 NC and Leonard (Elias Napoleon Bonaparte) 6/12 NC. They are here through 1900. He was born October 3, 1860 and died October 22, 1906. He married Anna Catherine Wilkes in Rutherford County on October 3, 1878. Anne was born December 24, 1862 and died October 24, 1902. They are both buried at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Rutherford County.

THOMAS PUTMAN Sulphur Springs, Rutherford County

He is 31 his wife Sarah Jane Robbins is 32. Children are James A. 10, Mary Ann 7 and William J. 5. He is a son of Elias, above, and lives next door. His wife is Sarah Jane Robbins and they were married here in 1865. They are still in Rutherford County in 1900 and 1910. Thomas died March 16, 1916. In 1920 Sarah is living with her son William (Billy). Sarah died March 20, 1927. Both are buried in the Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery

SHEPARD PUTMAN Plymouth, Washington County

He is 44 NC and a carpenter. This is a black family.

NORTH CAROLINA 1900 CENSUS

EDWARD A. PUTMAN Ashville, Buncombe County

He is living with his brother William listed below. He is 44 NC born March 1856. He is also listed with his wife Etta and their kids in Mitchell County where they have been and are in 1910 and 1920. He is a son of Druary Alston Putman and Ellen Cornelia Irby from Cleveland County, and then Mitchell County by 1880 and still there. I assume Edward is just here visiting or doing something with his brother.

JULIA PUTMAN Ashville, Buncombe County

Julia Ann Sanders is the widow of Docker Shiflin Putman. They were in Polk County in 1880. She is listed as 49 NC, Laura S. 22 NC, and Van Shiflin now 20 NC, he was born April 9, 1878. Van will soon marry Kate Tinsley and they are here through 1930. Laura will also soon be marrying George Webster and move to Florida.

WILLIAM R. PUTMAN Black Mountain, Buncombe County

He was listed as Weldon R. in 1870 and 1880 and is a son of Druary Alston Putman and Ellen Cornelia Irby. He is 39 NC NC NC born August 1860, and has been married 18 years to Alice E. Mauck 35 TN VA VA born May 1865. They have Maud R. 15 NC June 1884, Mollie F. 13 NC July 1886, Robert N. 7 NC September 1892, Ethel C. 4 NC August 1895, and Alice F. 1 NC June 1898. Also there is Alice's brother Charles Mauck 17 NC and William's brother Edward A. Putman 44 NC born March 1856. Ed says he has been married 20 years, but his wife Etta isn’t around. Ed and Etta are in Mitchell County in 1910 and 1920. William or Weldon and Alice are here in 1910 and then over in Yancy County in 1930.

WILLIAM PUTNAM Black Mountain, Buncombe County

He is 39 NC NC NC born August 1860, and a foreman at a pipe factory. He has been married 20 years to Alice E. 35 TN VA VA born May 1865. They have Maud R. 15 NC June 1884, Mollie F. 13 NC July 1886, Robert N. 7 NC September 1892, Ethel C. 4 NC August 1895, and Alice F. 1 NC June 1898. Duplicate listing of the above.

CONNOLEY PUTMAN Johns River, Cabarrus County

He is 23 NC and Fanny is 21 NC. In 1880 he was in Cleveland County with Elizabeth Martin who was his mother. No ideas as to his dad though.

JOHN A. (ADAM) PUTNAM Rocky River, Cabarrus County

He is 26 NC NC NC born in October 1873. His wife Alice L. Sherrill is 14 NC born May 1886, and no children as she is just too young. John Adam Putman is a son of Elias William and Margaret Gilleland. They are also listed in Rutherford County. They will be in Iredell County in 1910 and have 4 kids by then. They are there through 1930 at least.

PERRY GREEN PUTNAM Cleveland County

He is now 53 NC NC NC born Dec 1846. Susan Waters is also 53 NC and Lola 13 NC. Perry Green Putman is a son of Samuel Putman and Winnie Long. He was born in December 1846. He enlisted as a private in the CSA at the Orange Court House in Virginia at age 18 on April 18, 1864. He was wounded in the head and eye at Wilderness, Virginia May 5, 1864. He was returned to duty prior to July 1, 1864. He was then captured at Fort Stedman, Virginia on March 25, 1865. He was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland until release on June 16, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. They were in Crowders Mountain, Gaston County in 1880, and will be in Portsmouth Virginia in 1910. Lola will be married to Oakey Reynolds there. Their son Empero is also there and married and works in the shipyard there through 1930 at least.

AUGUSTUS PUTMAN Boiling Springs, Cleveland County

Indexed as Pulman, but he is a son of Perry Green Putman and Susan Waters. He is 30 NC NC NC born September 1869, and has been married 4 years to Ella Huntley 19 NC. They have Maud A. 3 NC and Effie R. 4/12 NC. He is a farmer. He was born in September 1869. He married Laura Sides on May 3, 1890 in Lincoln County. He then married Martha J, Russ on December 18, 1892, and then Ella Huntley in Rutherford County on December 13, 1894. I don’t find him in 1910, but Ella and the kids are in Gaston County then and she says she is widowed. He is listed in Washington DC in 1920 with a new young wife Etta 22 years younger than him and two new kids born in Virginia. He will die in Washington. His burial date is March 2, 1931.

DOCTOR B. PUTMAN Boiling Springs, Cleveland County

This is Doc Benjamin Franklin. He is 52 NC NC NC born April 1848. Vera Hughes his wife is 52 NC, Carry 24 NC, Berton 20 NC, Kossie 18 NC, Elisha 16 NC, Ressie 15 NC, Dora 13 NC, Etta 11 NC and Leo Ramseur 22 NC (born May 23, 1878). He is a son of Willis Putman Jr. and Polly Weaver. He was born on April 12, 1849. He married Verdia (Vera) R. Hughes December 21, 1871. She was born April 12, 1850 a daughter of Sanford and Veranda Hughes. He died November 30, 1925 and she died March 12, 1920.

ELI PUTNAM Double Shoals, Cleveland County

He is now 49 NC born May 1851, Julia Thompson his wife 46 NC Jan 1854, George 22 NC Apr 1878, Bula 20 NC Aug 1879, William Gordon 19 NC May 1881, Alder a daughter 13 NC Aug 1886 and Ernest 5 NC Sep 1894. Eli is a son of William Putman and Nancy Spurlin. He was born May 17, 1851 and married Julia Thompson August 20, 1874. I don’t find either one after this, but the kids are all here in Shelby.

CHARLES F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

Marcus Putman and Emily Jane Camp' son is 44 born February 1856, Elizabeth Jane Kendrick his wife is 41 NC, George L. (Landrum) 17 NC, Ethel J. 14 NC, (Marcus) Carl 12 NC, Charles Lawrence 8 NC (born September 14, 1892), William W. (Wade) 3 NC and Albert H. 1 NC. He was born February 21 or 24, 1857 and died May 22, 1941. He married Elizabeth Jane Kendrick in Cleveland County on October 30, 1881. Elizabeth was a daughter of Larkin Kendrick and Elizabeth Jane Martin. She was born August 7, 1858 and died September 17, 1936.

WILLIAM C. PUTNAM Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 41 NC born June 1858 and Hattie is also 41 NC and there are no children listed. He is a son of Marcus L. Putman and Emily Jane Camp. He will have a new wife, Mary or Mae from South Carolina, and be here with her in 1910 through 1930.

ALVIN PUTNAM Rippys, Cleveland County

He is 14 NC and living with William Ripley as a servant. He is a son of Franklin A. Putman and Eliza Allen both of who died in the 1890s. He was born in July 1886 and died at age nineteen of a kidney infection in 1905.

ANZIE M. (McFEE) PUTNAM Rippys, Cleveland County

He is a son of William Putman and Nancy Spurlin. He is 51 NC NC NC born March 1849. His wife Harriet McIntyre is 43 NC, Clarence 19 NC, Arthur 18 NC, Lola 16 NC, Minnie 12 NC and Lord Yates 10 NC born April 12, 1890. Anzie was born on March 27, 1849 and will die March 13, 1922. He married Harriet Marianna McIntyre January 22, 1870. They are here in 1910, and Harriet will die January 16, 1916. Arthur will be married here by 1910.

CLARENCE PUTNAM Rippys, Cleveland County

David Clarence is David Carson and Frances Battie's son. He is 35 NC born Aug 1864 living as a son in law with Martin and Elizabeth Roberts. He married Coreen S. Roberts. She is 34 NC, and they have Martin Lloyd 8 NC, William Oren 6 NC and Edgar Carson 3 NC. They are here in 1910 and he is widowed in 1920 and 1930.

ROBERT A. (ALEXANDER) PUTMAN Rippys, Cleveland County

He is 25 NC born Jan 1875, Willie Rosalie Rippy his wife is 20 NC with Leola 2 NC and Alta Olla a daughter 1 NC. They have been married 4 years. He is a son of Anzie McFee Putman and Harriet McIntyre from here. They will be here in 1910 and then move to Cherokee County South Carolina and be there till he dies on February 11, 1950.

FRANK A. PUTNAM Sandy Run, Cleveland County

He is 25 NC born Dec 1874 living alone. Pretty sure he is a son of William Hamby and Margaret Putman from Gaston County. He will be married to Ophelia and be in Columbus County in 1910, and I don’t find them later.

JOHN DANIEL PUTNAM Sandy Run, Cleveland County

He is 40 NC born Oct 1859, Mary Jones his wife 39 NC, Dovie 12 NC, Missouri C. 11 NC and Flossie 1 NC. He is a son of Samuel Evans Putman and Artie Hardin from here. He was born October 18, 1859. He married Mary Jones in 1884, and died February 14, 1920. Mary was born October 23, 1861, and is widowed with her then married daughter Dovie in Shelby in 1930. They are all here in 1910.

LEROY C. (CLIFTON) PUTNAM Sandy Run, Cleveland County

Samuel Putman and Artie Hardin's son is 33 NC born Feb 1867, Pantha Jones his wife 27 NC, Anthony 6 NC (Carl in 1910), Dorcas 4 NC (Ella in 1910) and Wilburn 2 NC (born September 7, 1897). He was born February 11, 1867. He married Pantha M. Jones on October 10, 1892. They are here through the 1930 at least.

SAMUEL PUTNAM Sandy Run, Cleveland County

Elias and Rachel Poston' son is now 62 NC, his wife Artie Hardin 65 NC, Samuel J. 23 NC and Esther 19 NC. He was born on June 28, 1837. He married Artie Hardin on January 8, 1855. He enlisted in the CSA at age 24 on May 14, 1861. He was wounded and captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland on September 17, 1862 and paroled ten days later. He was on wounded leave until December 1862. He was back on active duty in January 1863. He was wounded in the left arm, head and leg at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia on May 16, 1864. His left arm was amputated and he was hospitalized at Richmond, Virginia. He was released from the hospital on June 12, 1864 and discharged. Artie Hardin was born October 5, 1835 and will die October 30, 1912 and Samuel on March 27, 1919.

ALBERT PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 55 NC born January 1845, Eliza McIntyre his wife 45 NC, Jetanan 18 NC and Vernie 16 NC, both daughters. He is a son of David Putman and Rosannah Sanders and a grandson of Willis Putman. He was born in January 1846 and married Elizabeth (Eliza) McIntyre on December 15, 1870. He will die on February 24, 1926. Eliza will be here in 1930.

ANNA PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

This is Anna Clarissa Beam, the wife of William Roswell Putman. She is 59 NC, Frank 34 NC, Cameron 30 NC and Hattie 23 NC are still at home. I don’t know where he is now, but they are all here in 1910 and 1920. Annie is widowed here in 1930. He is a son of Barnet Putman and Ursula Poundland

CARDIA PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is Coustige Zachariah Putman the son of Joseph Devanney Putman and Susan Rosilla Davis. He is 33 NC born Nov 1866. His wife Lillie W. Elliott is 32 NC, and they have a son Iverson (Isaac Iverson) 3 NC. They are here and then in Lincoln County where he will die April 20, 1933.

CHARLIE C. PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 40 NC born May 1860, Nicey Roberts his wife is 39 NC, Fannie Belle 12 NC, Linore 9 NC and Seth 5 NC (born February 21, 1895) are the children. He is a son of David Carson Putman and Frances Battie from here in Shelby.

CICERO W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 29 NC born June 1870, Lucinda 20 NC born May 1880, Novella 5 NC born July 1894, Lala 4 NC (born May 15, 1896 and died January 11, 1945. She married William Foster) and Clyde George 3 NC (born February 15, 1897). In 1910 only Clyde is around, and he is in an orphanage. He is a son of William Roswell Putman and Ann Clarissa Beam from here. He was listed as William C. in 1880.

DAVID CARSON PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

Willis Junior's son is now 66 born Dec 1833. Fanny Battie has died since 1880 and his new wife is Sally Ann Roberts age 45. Children are Jasper S. 11 (born March 9, 1888), Edna 10, Anna 7, Sonols (Sudia M.) 4 and William Carson born February 24, 1900. In the 1860 census his wife is shown as Fanny (Frances Battie, born July 27, 1834 and died June 17, 1883). They had nine children. After she died, he married Sally Ann Roberts on December 4, 1886 and they had six more children. This is the last time I find him.

DOC PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 40 NC NC NC born Aug 1859. Sarah Jane Eskridge his wife is also 40 NC NC NC. Her sister Zulie Eskridge 22 NC is living with them. This is Devanney's son Charles Asbury and his wife Sarah Jane Eskridge. They were married November 7, 1880 and both will be here through 1930. He will die here January 4, 1944 at age 84.

INGRAM PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

This is Charles Ingram Putman, a son of Roberts Putman and finally married. He is 51 NC born Jan 1849. Catherine Jane Glover his wife is 39 NC, Matilda 19 NC, Mary Elizabeth 12 NC, Octavia (Octavia Ursula) 7 NC and Ellis (Benjamin Ellis) 4 NC. They are here in 1910, and I don’t find any of them later.

ISAIAH PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

Listed as Isaac, he is Isiah Iverson Putman is 37 NC, born May 1863, Lilly Weathers, his first wife, is 42 NC DEC 1857, (Jenkins) Devaney 4 NC May 1896. His brother William Connally Putnam 25 NC May 1875 is here as well. They are sons of Joseph Devanney Putman and Susan Rosilla Davis from here. He was born October 2, 1865. He married Lillie Weathers on September 29, 1890. Lillie was a daughter of Jenkins Devaney Weathers and Eunice Bailey. She died July 9, 1904 and he married Lillie Lee Sheppard in about 1906. He will be here till he dies August 6, 1943. Devanney’s kids all started using the Putnam spelling.

JORDAN PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is Jordan David Putman, a son of Samuel Evans Putman and Artie Hardin. He is 35 NC born May 3, 1864, Lester Ann Poston his wife is 26 NC, and Bessie 4 NC, His wife’s name was originally Samuel Ann Poston, but she never used Samuel and used Lester instead. They are in Chester County South Carolina in 1910. I don’t find them in 1920, but he will die November 16, 1921 back in North Carolina I think. The daughter Bessie is in the State Hospital for the Insane in Columbia South Carolina in 1920 and 1930.

J. (JOSEPH) LANE PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is Joseph Lane a son of Adolphus Putman and a cousin Elizabeth Elmira Putman (daughter of David Putman). He is 39 NC born February 7, 1861, Helen Wilkins 23 NC and a daughter Annie Ray 3 months. He married Hattie Helen Wilkins on April 16, 1899. They are here in 1920 and he is widowed in 1930. He will die here on November 7, 1931.

MARCUS PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

This is Elias junior and Nancy Wesson's son Marcus, now 66 NC born July 1833. Emily Jane Camp is 60 NC. He was born July 13, 1833 and married Emily Jane Camp on May 24, 1855 in Cleveland County. Emily was born September 30, 1836. He will die here in a couple of months on June 5, 1900.

RUFUS PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 53 NC born Jan 1847. He is a son of William Putman and Nancy Spurlin. He was born in October 1840. He enlisted in the CSA at age 19 on October 1, 1861 as a substitute. He was transferred to the 5th Regiment NC on September 1, 1862. He was captured at Hatcher's Run, Virginia on April 2, 1865. He was taken to Point Lookout, Maryland and held until June 16, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. In 1880 his wife was Sarah Gordon. He is also listed with his kids in Spartanburg County, South Carolina in 1900, and still there and widowed in 1910.

THOMAS M. (MARION) PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is a son of Thomas J. Putman and Sarah Ann London. He is 32 NC born Nov 1867, Maggie Anthony 31 NC, Elisia a daughter 6 NC. He will be listed under Marion Putman in both 1910 and 1920. His full name is Thomas William Marion Putman. His dad died in 1870 of T. B. that he contracted while a prisoner in a Union Prison at Point Lookout Maryland. He married Margaret Anthony in Cleveland County on May 31, 1889.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County

He is William Connally Putman, 25 NC and living with his brother Isaiah Putman (see above). He is a son of Joseph Devanney Putman and Susan Rosilla Davis from here. He was born May 12, 1875. He will marry Mary Elizabeth Poston on September 18, 1901. He died May 20, 1953. She died October 4, 1963.

WILLIAM R. (ROSWELL) PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County

He is now alone at age 65 NC born March 1835. His wife Anne is alive, but elsewhere at the time. He is a son of Barnet Putman and Ursula Poundland. He was born in March of 1835. He married Ann Clarissa Beam on May 28, 1857 in Cleveland County. He enlisted in the CSA at age 27 in Cleveland County on May 5, 1862. He served until February 21, 1865 when he either surrendered or deserted to the Union troops. He was confined at Washington, D.C. on February 24, 1865. He was released after the war and after taking the Oath of Allegiance. By 1920, he is 84 and Annie 79. Annie will be widowed in 1930 at age 88.

B. A. (BENJAMIN ANDREW) PUTNAM Waco, Cleveland County

Benjamin is now 48 NC NC NC born January 1852, Mary E. Gates 48 NC, Charles 27 NC and Julius Marvin 19 NC, born on January 1, 1881. He was born January 11, 1852 and died October 20, 1926. He married Mary E. Gates, born August 4, 1852 and died October 22, 1923. He is a son of Benjamin Putman and Margaret Branton from Rutherford County, which this part became Cleveland County. His grandfather was Willis Putman.

BETTIE PUTMAN Waco, Cleveland County

She is 52 NC NC NC born June 1848 and single. Then there is an Alice 24 NC single and listed as a daughter. In 1880 she was listed as a niece age 10. Betty is Martha Elizabeth Putman a daughter of Benjamin Putman and Margaret Branton. She never married as far as I can determine. She lives next to or with her brother Thomas Dickson Putman. She was living with her brother in 1880 along with her widowed mother. Jim Putnam feels Alice is a niece that Bettie adopted in a way. Alice is here straight through the 1930.

HENRY PUTMAN Waco, Cleveland County

He is 59 NC NC NC (May 1841). He says he is married, but his wife isn’t here. He does have Frank 34 NC (Feb 1865), Samson 30 NC (Mar 1868) and Lottie 23 NC (July 1876). I never see him earlier and the next entry is Pitman. I think he is a Pitman too.

P. L. PUTNAM Waco, Cleveland County

She is 48 NC NC NC born Jan 1852 single and working for Columbus Miller.

T. D. (THOMAS DICKSON) PUTNAM Waco, Cleveland County

He is a son of Benjamin Putman and Margaret Branton 44 NC NC NC born Oct 1855. His wife Fannie Jenkins is 40 NC, Millie 20 NC, (David) Pledger 18 NC, Claudia S. 16 NC, Maldry 14 NC, Flora 12 NC, Avery 10 NC, Bright 8 NC, Eunice 5 NC, Anna 3 NC and Thelma 1 NC. Thomas was born October 5, 1855. He and Frances are both still here in 1910 and 1920. He will die here on November 2, 1923.

WILLIAM A. (ADKIN) PUTNAM Waco, Cleveland County

He is 38 NC NC NC born March 1862. Agnes Moss his wife is 38 NC, Walter B. (Bryan) 3 NC and Madge 1 NC. There is a Hulda Tucker listed as a sister in law. She is Agnes’ sister. He is a son of Samuel L. Putman and Winnie Long. He was born March 1, 1862 in Cleveland County and died November 12, 1935 in Cherryville, Gaston County, North Carolina. Agnes was born October 19, 1861 and died in November 1901. He then married Lena Pauline Elmore July 11, 1903. She is with him in 1910 and 1920 in Gaston County, North Carolina. They are back in Cleveland County in 1930.

LORENZO DOW PUTNAM Warlick, Cleveland County

He is Willis Junior and Polly Weaver's son now 54 NC NC NC, and Clarissa Kendrick his second wife is 49 NC, Dow 17 NC, Wade Hill 15 NC (born April 28, 1885), Arthur Benton 12 NC (born April 9, 1888), Marshall 9 NC. He was born June 7, 1845. He enlisted in the CSA at age 19 on April 1, 1864 in Cleveland County, and fought till the end of the war. He married Margaret Ann Forbes about 1868. Margaret died in the early 1870s and his second wife is Clarissa Jane Kendrick born January 7, 1851. They were married on August 15, 1875. They are all here in 1910. Lorenzo will die May 7, 1917. Clarissa is widowed here in 1920 and 1930 and then will die here December 26, 1930.

EMPERO PUTNAM Cherryville, Gaston County

A son of Perry Green Putman and Susan Waters. He is 28 NC NC NC, his wife Anne Urin 25 NC, Jessie 2 NC. Her widowed father Jackson Urin 51 is with them. He was born January 2, 1872. He married Margaret Ann Uren in Gaston County on June 11, 1893. He will be in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1910 with his folks and be there working in the shipyard through 1930.

HAMBLY PUTNAM Cherryville, Gaston County

He is now 63 NC NC NC born Feb 1837. Mary is 43 NC, Henry Calvin 8 NC (born August 28, 1891), Vada 2 NC and Augustus Lee 23 NC (born March 16, 1877 with first wife Margaret). He is William Hambly Putman, son of Benjamin Putman and Margaret Branton. He has been here since the late 1850s. Mary is his second wife, as Margaret died in the early 1880s and he married Mary about 1890. He was born in February 1839. He married his first wife Margaret on June 9, 1860. (I don't remember where I got this date or I would know her last name). He enlisted in the CSA at age 24 on May 5, 1862. He was wounded in the head at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia on May 13, 1864 and was in the hospital until December 1864 when he was promoted to Sergeant and assigned as a provost guard in Raleigh until the end of the war in April 1865. They are here in 1910 and 1920, and he is widowed in 1930.

ISAAC PUTNAM Cherryville, Gaston County

He is 44 NC NC NC born June 1856 and listed as a stepson of E. W. Pinkney. He also says he is married, but there is no wife around. He is a son of James Leonard Putman and Harriet Mauney. James was killed in the Civil War November 20, 1863 and Harriet later married E. W. Pinkney. I don’t find him again. There is a death certificate of a Cleo Putnam Mullinax who was born September 10, 1882 and her folks were Isaac Putnam and Barbara Wright. This would be him.

JOHN PUTNAM Cherryville, Gaston County

John Samuel is Perry Green Putnam's son 24 NC NC NC born May 1876. Laura Agnes Hux his wife is also 24 NC. They have Frederick 2 NC and Clifford 1 NC. In about 10 years John is going to abandon Laura and leave her with 6 kids and take off up North. He will be in Washington DC in 1920 with a young wife named Dora. Laura and the kids are in Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County through the 1930.

DAVID W. PUTNAM Crowder Mountain, Gaston County

He is a son of Perry and Sarah Putman and still in the County now at age 50 NC NC NC born May 1850. Catherine Carpenter is 50 NC, Laura F. 22 NC, Moses L. 18 NC, Andrew 14 NC, Thomas and Will both 13 NC (born April 19, 1885).The son William Akin was born April 19, 1885 but I don’t believe Thomas Vance was. They are here through 1920.

(JOSEPH) DEVANNEY PUTNAM Crowder Mountain, Gaston County

Elias Junior and Rachel Poston's son is now 64 NC NC NC born Sept 1835, Roxanna Jane Weathers 47 NC, Mammie 16 NC, John S.15 NC, Juliana 13 NC, Lillian 11 NC, Betty Love 9 NC, Devanney 7 NC and Fannie 4 NC. He had a Devanney Junior born in 1877 who died as a child, and he has named another one after himself. He was born September 3, 1835. He enlisted in the CSA as a private at age 26 on June 9, 1861 in Cleveland County. He was promoted to corporal in May 1863 and served through the War. He surrendered at the end of the war at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. He married Susan Rosilia Davis on June 22, 1852. Susan was a daughter of Zachariah Davis and Mira A. Webb. She was born in 1834 and died in 1880. He later married Roxanna Jane Weathers on September 20, 1882 and had eight more children. He is a farmer but most all his kids work in the cotton mills. He will die in 1904. The children began to use the spelling Putnam

JAMES C. (CRAYTON) PUTNAM Crowder Mountain, Gaston County

He is 47 NC born Dec 1852, Amanda Wesson is 43 NC, Mary Aline 24 NC, Clarence 21 NC, Sallie 17 NC and Audie, a son, 16 NC. Also here is Sarah Wesson 39 NC, Amanda's sister. This is the James that has been living with his mother Nancy Wesson Putman for 30 years. She was the widow of Elias Putnam Junior from Cleveland County. I have it that he was an illegitimate son of Nancy Wesson. He married Amanda Wesson on December 7, 1871. They were in Cleveland County in 1880. By 1910, they are in Cherokee County, South Carolina. He died there in South Carolina in June 1918. His death certificate gave his middle name. Amanda, a widow then, was with her son Audie in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1920 and with a grandchild in Charlotte in 1930. Amanda died there in Charlotte in 1935.

MARCUS PUTNAM Crowder Mountain, Gaston County

A son of William Alexander and Nancy Putman from Cleveland County. He is 28 NC NC NC born Jan 1872. Sarah Bates his wife is 26 NC and Lillian 6 NC. He was born January 16, 1872, and married Sarah M. Bates in Rutherford County on December 11, 1892. They are in York County, South Carolina by 1910, and in Lancaster County by 1920. Sallie is widowed in Spartanburg County in 1930 living with her then married daughter Lillian.

WILLIAM A. (ALEXANDER) PUTNAM Crowder Mountain, Gaston County

He is a son of Elias and Nancy Putnam and has moved over from Cleveland County. He is now 63 NC NC NC born Mar 1837, his wife Nancy Ann Wesson is 54 NC, Ernest 16 NC, Mallory W. (Wade) 13 NC and Willis 7 NC. He will die shortly in August 1900.

ELIAS W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM Gastonia, Gaston County

He is 21 NC NC NC and his wife Blanche Andrews is 17 NC and Dewey 1 NC. He is living with his father Romulous, listed shortly. He is a weaver in a cotton mill. I don’t find him indexed in 1910, but in 1920 and 1930 they are in Charlotte.

HENRY MONROE PUTNAM Gastonia, Gaston County

Drury Alston Putman's son is now 50 NC NC NC born April 1850, Emily Sanders is 49 NC and Nora is 14 NC. He was born April 9, 1850. He married Emily Texana Sanders on March 8, 1873, and they were in Cleveland County in 1880 now here. Emily will die and in 1910 he is just married to Annie much younger with two daughters from her previous marriage. In 1920 Monroe is 60 and living with a Margaret Weathers.

JESSE H. (HENRY) PUTNAM Gastonia, Gaston County

He is 23 NC NC NC born April 1877. Mattie Caldwell his wife is 18 NC and Joseph L. (Lane) 10/12 NC (born August 2, 1899). They are here through 1930. He lives right next to his folks Henry Monroe Putman and Emily Sanders. Both guys work in a cotton mill as spinners.

ROBERT PUTNAM Gastonia, Gaston County

He is Robert Yancy Putman 19 NC born March 1881 in the County Prison. Tut Tut. He is also listed with his folks John and Hester Putman in York County South Carolina. He is back there in Yorkville in 1910, married and has his dad with him. He is married back here in Gastonia in 1920.

ROMULOUS PUTNAM Gastonia, Gaston County

He is the son of Elias William Putman and Margaret Gilleland. He is a machinist at a cotton mill 43 NC NC NC born Nov 1856. Laura is 40 NC, Luther Miller 16 NC (born February 17, 1878), Viola 13 NC and Lillian 9 NC. Also there are two more families living with him, Elias Putman (listed separately) and Weldon Bridges. Weldon 22 NC born Dec1877 has married his daughter Mary B. 19 NC born Dec 1880. In 1880 he was in Iredell County next to his folks, and they will be here through the 1930 at least.

BARBARA PUTNAM River Bend, Gaston County

She is 44 NC and has Cleo 19 NC, Clarinda 12 NC, Mary 8 NC and Hill 4 NC (born July 2, 1896). She is Barbara Ray Wright the ‘widow’ of Isaac Putman, the son of James Leonard Putman and Harriet Mauney from Cleveland County. Isaac won’t die till 1910 so they are separated or divorced. She and the daughters are here in 1920. Hill is married here in 1920 and gone by 1930.

(RUSH) DOUGLAS PUTNAM River Bend, Gaston County

He is Roberts Putman and Lucinda Weaver's son Rush Douglas 50 NC NC NC, born Jan 1850. His wife Mattie (Martha Jane Paterson) is 40 NC, kids are Mack William 21 NC (born February 6, 1880), Lee NC 18, Mary 14 NC, Adanne 10 NC, Lidge (Elidge Anderson) 9 NC, Mattie 5 NC and Mamie 2 NC. He was born in January 1850. He Married Martha Jane Patterson on October 12, 1876. I do not find the family in 1880, but in 1900 through 1920, he is in Gaston County, North Carolina with Mattie.

ROBERT (DOUGLAS) PUTNAM River Bend, Gaston County

He is a son of Douglas Rush Putman. He is 23 NC born June 1877, Mary is 26 NC and Cornelius Vance is 1 NC (born August 28, 1898). They are in Caldwell County in 1910 and back here by 1920. In 1920 and 1930 he has a new wife Lula May.

GIRLEY PUTNAM Stanley, Gaston County

She is 32 (should be 27) NC and has her daughter Birge 2 NC. She is Eugenia Elizabeth Emerson ‘Girley’ Nixon who married John Birge Putnam August 19, 1897 as she was 5 months pregnant. After the daughter Birge was born December 2, 1897, John took off to Louisiana and married a gal named Bernice Orgeron in 1911 and was with her till he died 12, 1927.

GEORGE (CYRUS) PUTNAM Morehead City, Guilford County

He is 21 NC NC NC born June 1879 and is a fireman on the steam railroad. His wife Maggie Camps is 21 NC and they have Dewey 8/12 NC born September 1899. He is a son of Junius Putnam from here. They are here through 1930.

JULIUS E. PUTNUM Morehead City, Guilford County

He was listed as Junius in 1880 and is Devales' son. He is 43 NC NC NC born Mar 1857. Eliza Paschal is 45 NC, Eva M. 18 NC, Samuel N. 10 NC and Cecil 5 NC (born March 1, 1895). They are here in 1910 and in Alamance County in 1920. Remember that Devales was the only Putnam that stayed here. The rest all went to Missouri. This is the Putnam family that came from England in the 1700s and were Quakers.

WALTER PUTNAM Morehead City, Guilford County

He is 33 NC NC NC born July 1867, Sophronia Delilah Hodgen is 29 NC Jessie 8 NC, Flossie 6 NC, J. Clyde James 4 NC (born January 25, 1896), Sarah 2 NC and a newborn son Emmet Ralph born May 10, 1900. Her father Ellis Hodgen 61 is with them. James Walter Putnam is a son of Devales Putnam from here. They are here through 1920, and later but not indexed. Walter was born here July 14, 1867 and will die in Greensboro November 16, 1937. Sophie was born here December 3, 1870 and will also die in Greensboro January 30, 1953.

ELIAS PUTMAN Jonathans Creek, Haywood County

Wilson and Emily's son is still in the county at age 49 NC NC NC born Aug 1850, Margaret Ellen Baker his wife of 23 years is 44 NC, Florence (Lavinia in 1880) 24 NC, Mary E. 21 NC, Robert Coleman 19 NC (born October 6, 1879), William Wilson 16 NC (born August 23, 1883), Richard (Rufus Hardin) 13 NC (born January 6, 1888), Joseph W. 11 NC (born December 4, 1891), Henry G. 10 NC born April 1890, and a grand daughter Pearl 1 NC. Not sure who Pearl is. None of the sons were married, so it must be one of his daughter's children and then would not have Putman as her name. They are here in 1910 and then Margaret will die in 1911. He will then marry Elizabeth Presley December 7, 1912 and they are here in 1920 and 1930.

JOSEPH W. (WILLIS) PUTMAN Jonathans Creek, Haywood County

He is 43 NC born Oct 1856, Matilda Conrad 46 NC, Walter 18 NC, Sallie 16 NC, James 14 NC, William 6 NC (born June 25, 1893), Frederick 4 NC (born March 5, 1896), Frances 1 month NC. A sister in law, Mary Lou Putman 30 NC with her 5 year old daughter Elizabeth is living with them. He is Wilson' son. Mary Conrad is a widow of Montvale, his brother. Matilda and Mary are sisters.

LILLY & GEORGE PUTMAN Jonathans Creek, Haywood County

She is 12 NC born in May 1888. He is 10 NC born June 1890 and living as grandchildren of George and Cerise Conrad. They are children of Montvale and Mary Conrad Putman. George is married here in 1920 and 1930.

MARTHA PUTMAN Pigeon, Haywood County

She is 58 NC and widowed. She was married to Hugh Putman here in 1870 and 1880. He was a son of Wilson Putman and Emily Cole from here and Rutherford County before that.

ROBENA PUTMAN Waynesville, Haywood County

She is Emeline Robena Brock and is boarding with Samuel Robinson and is a widow 26 NC with two kids: Jessie 7 NC and Effie 5 NC. Robena is a widow of Edward Putman, Wilson's son. Wilson was a son of Thomas Putman. I believe the next listed William Hobart Putman is her son as well. Her whole brood lives in Waynesville.

THOMAS (COLE) PUTMAN Waynesville, Haywood County

He is 52 NC born April 1848, Amanda Singleton is 43 NC born July 1856, David Luther 20 NC (born April 15, 1880), Benjamin 18 NC born March 1882, John 8 NC born November 1891. He is another son of Wilson Putman and Emily Jane Cole.

WILLIAM H. (HOBART) PUTMAN Waynesville, Haywood County

He is 3 NC born February 1897 (actually January 19, 1897 according to his death notice) and listed as a son of Andy and Emma Wyatt. Emma is Robena Brock's sister. William is actually Robena's son as near as I can figure. In 1910 he is listed by his middle name of Hobart and is living next door to Robena and is listed as a nephew of Charles Gillelang. Elias William Putman married Margaret Gilleland in Iredell County and then lived in Gaston County. This is probably the connection here. He is in Spartanburg County South Carolina in 1920. A descendant has now told me that Hobart was indeed a son of Edward Putman and Robena Brock.

ELIAS W. PUTNAM Davidson, Iredell County

He is now 67 NC born March 1833 living with Frank Henson 39 NC who had married his daughter Jennie 25 NC. He is Elias William, son of William and Sarah Miller Putman. He was born in January 13, 1833. He married Margaret Isabella Gilleland on December 19, 1855. She was born September 4, 1837 and died March 31, 1887. Elias will die himself on January 8, 1909.

GEORGE PUTNAM Fallstown, Iredell County

Elias and Margaret's son, George Clifton Putnam is 29 NC born September 1870 and his wife Bertha L. is 22 NC, and there are no children. They are here through 1920, but I don’t find them in 1930.

DEWITT P. (PRESTON) PUTNAM Lincolnton, Lincoln County

He is alone age 38 NC born October 1861. He is Dewitt Preston, son of Elias William Putman and Margaret Gilleland from Iredell County. He will soon marry Myrtle and be in Iredell County in 1910 and 1920. By 1930 Myrtle is widowed in Gaston County.

JAMES L. (LUTHER) PUTNAM Lincolnton, Lincoln County

He is 23 NC born April 23, 1876 and a boarder. He is a son of Benjamin Putman and Mary Ellen Gates from Cleveland County. He will shortly marry Clevis and be here through the 1930. He operates a hardware store here in town.

LUTHER PUTNAM Lincolnton, Lincoln County

Luther Miller Putnam is the eldest son of Broomfield Putnam. His dad is dead, but mom is with him as are all his brothers and sisters. Luther is 21 NC born Feb 1878, Minnie his wife is 18 NC and they have a daughter Lilly 3 months old. Mother Dora Black Putnam 40 NC is there as are Hulda Hawkins 18 NC a sister, Janie 16 NC, Ella 14 NC, Lonnie 12 NC, Broom (Jr.) 10 NC and May 5 NC. His sister Hulda is married to Thomas Hawkins who is away working. Broomfield was a son of Samuel Putman and Winnie Long from Cleveland County.

JOE PUTNAM Jamesville, Martin County

He is 53 NC born July 1846, and Laura is 44 NC. Their daughter Sarah Price 24 and two grandchildren are with them. This is a Negro family.

CLARE MAY PUTNAM Mecklenburg County

He is 22 NC born May 1878 boarding. I can’t find her now, but doubt if she is a Putman.

ROBERT J. (JULIAN) PUTNAM Deweese, Mecklenburg County

He is 35 NC NC NC born May 1865. His wife Addie Goodman is 25 NC. The have Pearl 4 NC and Lizzie 1 NC. He is Robert Julian, son of Elias William and Margaret Putnam. They live with her widowed dad William Goodman. They are here through 1920 and Addie is widowed in Charlotte in 1930.

SAM PUTNAM Huntersville, Mecklenburg County

He is a son of Elias William and Margaret Gilleland Putman too. He is 23 NC born Feb 1876. He will be married to Della and be here in 1910 through 1930.

HARRISON PUTNAM Fork Mountain, Mitchell County

He is 32 NC born Feb 1868, Lilly is 30 NC, Lizzie 9 NC, George 6 NC and Daisy 3 NC. No ideas. Must be a Pitman or something, can’t find him before or later.

Z. N. (ZEBULON NATHANIEL) PUTNAM Fork Mountain, Mitchell County

He is Zebulon Nathaniel Putman, another of James Webster' kids. He is 38 NC NC NC born June 1861, Mary J. 39 NC and Texie 9 NC is a niece. I believe Texie is a daughter of Lucinia Hughes who had several children out of wedlock according to relative. Texana will be adopted by Vance and Nancy Slagle in 3 years and they are in Bakersville, Mitchell County in 1910.

J. W. (JAMES WEBSTER) PUTMAN Harrell, Mitchell County

This is James Webster Putman, still in the county now at 61 NC NC NC born June 1838, Martha Reid is 62 NC and Russell 24 NC, Sidney 21 NC (listed as Charles S. in 1880). He is a son of Druary Vance Putman and Sarah Spake. He was born June 7, 1838. He married Martha Reed on May 3, 1858 in Shelby, Cleveland County. Martha was born in March 1837. In 1860 he was with his wife Martha in Cleveland County with one child. They were in the 1870 census of Mitchell County, North Carolina with three children. James Webster was a Baptist Minister and circuit rider. He served as a 2nd Lt. in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was a Chaplain for the Infantry. He enlisted on May 17, 1862, and was in Captain Jacob Bowman's North Carolina Rangers. He was severely wounded September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga. He received a pension for this in 1905. He died in Bakersville, Mitchell County on September 24, 1914. I do not know when Martha died

GEORGE PUTNAM Harrell, Mitchell County

He is 28 NC NC NC (actually it is 33-34) born Sep 1876. Nancy Bryant his wife 33 NC, Matilda 6 NC, Omia 4 NC, Jesse 1 NC (a son born July 19, 1898) and Nora 8 months old NC. He is James Putman and Martha Reid's son, and it looks like they are living with the folks. All one huge entry. They are here in 1910

ALSTIN (DRUARY ALSTON) PUTNAM Linville, Mitchell County

He is 65 NC NC NC born November 1834, Cornelia Irby his wife is 63 NC. He is a son of Roberts Putman and Lucinda Weaver from Rutherford County, which then became Cleveland County. Druary was born December 23, 1830. He married Ellen Cornelia Irby on May 25, 1849. He enlisted in the CSA in Cleveland County at age 30 on October 1, 1861. There are no more records on him in the service. In 1870 he is a machinist. In 1880 he was running a hotel in Bakersville, Mitchell County.

EDMOND PUTNAM Snow Creek, Mitchell County

This is Edmond Alston Putman. He is 33 NC Born Dec 1866, Etta Jane Stewart 33 NC, Chancey 17 NC, Charles 16 NC, Murdock (Robert Murdock, later goes under name Murd) 15 NC, Lillie 14 NC, Blanche 12 NC, Bessie 9 NC, Nellie 7 NC, Daisy 4 NC and a 2 year old daughter not named. He is a son of Druary Alston Putman and Ellen Cornelia Irby from Cleveland County, and then Mitchell County by 1880. Druary was a son of Roberts Putman and Lucinda Weaver from Rutherford County, which then became Cleveland County. They are here through the 1920.

MARSHALL PUTNAM Snow Creek, Mitchell County

Marshall Harvey Putman Junior is still here and married. He is 36 NC NC NC born Feb 1863. Etta Howell his wife is 31 NC, Hattie 16 NC, George Cleveland 14 NC (born April 16, 1885), Nellie 6 NC and Samuel 2 NC. They will be here forever and die in the 1950s. He is a son of Marshall Harvey Putnam and Emily Irby from Cleveland County. Harvey was a son of Roberts Putman and Lucinda Weaver. He was born in 1839. He was a painter in 1860, and living with his brother Drury. He enlisted at age 20 on April 27, 1861. He served until he died 'at home' on February 17, 1863 of disease from a wound he received in the Civil War. He married Mary Emily Irby, a sister of Drury’s wife Ellen Irby. Young Marshall (Junior) was born 2 days before his dad died. Then Emily married Nelson Keever in the 1870s and was here with young Marshall in 1880. Marshall will remain here until he dies December 14, 1953 at almost 91 years of age.

SAMUEL M. PUTNAM Sanford, Moore County

He is 24 NC NC NC born Mar 1876 and living alone. He is a bookkeeper. He will be married in Northampton County in 1910.

JACOB PUTNAM Greens Creek, Polk County

He is 44 NC NC NC born Jan 1856. Ella Sanders is 41 NC, Lola 15 NC, Joe L. 8 NC, Ruby 1 NC. Ella's father Green B. Sanders 74 NC is with them. He is the son of Adolphus and Elizabeth Putman. He will die here April 8, 1904 and Ella is widowed here in 1910 through 1930.

EDWARD PUTNAM Salisbury, Rowan County

He is 32 NC NC NC born May 1868 and single. He is a machinist for the railroad and is in a boarding house. He is Lee Putman, a son of Elias William Putman and Margaret Gilleland. He was home in Iredell County in 1870 and 1880 and used the name Lee. Then. He will marry Nannie Mahaley here in 1901 and again use the name Lee. They are here in 1910 through 1920.

BURGIN PUTMAN Caroleen, Rutherford County

He is 24 NC NC NC born in April 1876. He is a stepson in law with a family that looks like Mooney or Maurey. But the wife was married to a Street man before. Bourgoine Putman has married one of their daughters, Laura Street 16 NC, and she is here with him. He is a son of Eli F. Putman and Julia Thompson from Cleveland County. He was born there April 9, 1876 and just married Laura April 13, 1900.

ELIAS PUTMAN Caroleen, Rutherford County

He is 19 NC NC NC single, boarding and a weaver at a cotton mill. He is Elias Napoleon Bonaparte Putman, a son of Martin Tolliver Putman and Anne Catherine Wilkie from here. In 1910 through 1930 he is in Spartanburg, South Carolina married to Pearl Ethel Lindsey.

CHARLEY PUTNAM Rutherfordton, Rutherford County

He is 25 NC NC NC born Nov 24, 1874 and a 'servant' with Eliza Martin. He is Charles Irvin Putman, a son of Samuel and Arty Putman. The Connoley Putman shown in Cabarrus County in this census was with Elizabeth Martin in 1880 and stated she was his mother. They are not brothers and I am simply mentioning this as I can't figure out who the devil Connoley Putman is.

ELIAS PUTNAM Sulphur Springs, Rutherford County

He and Mira Hughes (spelled Myra now) are still here and no kids around. He is 75 NC NC NC born July 13, 1824 and she is 70 NC born March 6, 1828. He is a son of Thomas Putman and Hannah Lindsey. He was born July 13, 1824 in South Carolina. He married Mira Hughes there March 31, 1847. Elias will die here on November 9, 1901, Mira will die here January 17, 1908. They are buried at the Kistler Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in Shiloh, Rutherford County.

JAMES PUTNAM Sulphur Springs, Rutherford County

He is 29 NC NC NC born Sept 1870 and Margaret Jane Owens his wife is 30 NC. Children are Minnie 10 NC, Elias J. (James) 8 NC (born November 27, 1893), Mary E. 6 NC, William 4 NC (born February 17, 1897), and James Lee 1 NC (born February 2, 1899). He is a son of Thomas Putman and Sarah Jane Robbins. He married Margaret Jane Owens on January 15, 1888. Margaret was a daughter of Joseph Owens and Susan Roach. She was born in Rutherford County on April 7, 1870. They are here in 1910 and 1920.

SAMUEL PUTNAM Sulphur Springs, Rutherford County

He is 35 NC NC NC born Feb 1865, Jane is 30 NC, William Andrew 14 NC (born June 7, 1884), George Washington 11 NC (born November 15, 1887), Brodus Landrum 10 NC (born March 8, 1889), Thomas Martin 8 NC (born June 18, 1892), James Calvin 6 NC (born April 20, 1895) and Gus 2 NC (John Augustus born November 20, 1898). He is Elias and Mira' son. He was born February 19,1866. He will die on October 10, 1902. I believe Jane then married Henry Holcomb on January 12, 1905. I may be mistaken as her tombstone, next to Sam's, reads Jane Putman. She is listed as widowed in 1910 in Rutherford County with these and one more son, Elias born in 1900. Jane was born April 19, 1870 and died May 11, 1923.

THOMAS PUTNAM Sulphur Springs, Rutherford County

He is now 51 NC NC NC born March 1848, Sarah Robbins is 51 NC also and only a daughter Mary Rupe 26 NC and her daughter Sarah 2 NC are at home. Another of Elias Putman' sons. He was born March 4, 1848. He married Sarah Jane Robbins on January 26, 1865. Sarah Jane was a daughter of John Robbins and Olattia Hay. She was born August 26, 1849 in Rutherford County. They are still in Rutherford County in 1900. Thomas will die on March 16, 1916. In 1920 Sarah will be living with her son William (Billy). Sarah died March 20, 1927. Both are buried in the Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery.

WILLIAM PUTNAM Sulphur Springs, Rutherford County

He is William John Putnam, Thomas Putman and Sarah Robins' youngest son. He is 23 NC NC NC born Aug 1876. Margaret Owens his wife is 17 NC, Alice 2 NC and Mary Willie 6 months NC. His wife is Margaret Amanda Owens. They were married here December 30, 1896. She was born April 28, 1882 died on July 25, 1907. Billy then married her sister Betty Ann Owens on December 27, 1907. She was born October 2, 1891. Both were daughters of William L. Owens and Eva Malinda Allen. He and Betty are here in 1910 through 1930.

JOHN A. PUTNAM Rutherford County

This is John Adams Putman a son of Elias William and Margaret Gilleland Putman. He is 26 NC NC NC born Oct 1873 and Alice is 14 NC and no children as she is just too young. They are also listed in Cabarrus County. They will be in Iredell County in 1910 and have 4 kids by then.

TOLLY PUTNAM Union, Rutherford County

He is Martin Tolliver Putman a son of Elias. He is 41 NC NC NC born October 1858, Catie (Anne Catherine Wilkes) 39 NC, George Washington 16 NC (born March 23, 1884), Lela 13 NC, Stella 9 NC and Joseph Andrew 5 NC (born November 17, 1893). She will die here in 1902 and he in 1906, so last time we see them around.

THOMAS C. (COLE) PUTNAM Boone Town, Watauga County

He is 28 KY TN KY born Nov 1871, Mollie Chambers his wife 23 NC NC NC and Fred 1 month. Her parents John and Plutina Chambers and family live next door to them. They are in Caldwell County in 1910 through 1930. Okay, this gets interesting. Found a couple of family sheets for him. He was born in Kentucky in November 1871 and was a son of Renson and Elmyra Pittman from Tennessee. In 1880 he is at home with them in Morgan County Tennessee and listed as Pittman. Now it seems he has taken on the spelling of the Putmans here in North Carolina. Wataugua County is on the northwest border of North Carolina and is on the border of northeast Tennessee. Obviously couldn’t write and his name was transcribed as it sounded. That’s how my Putnam name got changed to Putman in Virginia in the 1650s. He will die in Lower Creek, Caldwell County February 25, 1942. He married Mollie in 1898. She was a daughter of John Andrew Chambers and Plutina C. Eldridge. She was born in December 1875 in Wilkes County North Carolina and will die in Morgantown, Burke County North Carolina February 15, 1932. The name has remained Putman still. Been in touch with descendants.

ROBERT S. (SYLVANUS) PUTNAM Wilkes County

He is 46 NC NC NC born October 1854 and Manda Jane Barnet is 41 NC. He is a son of Samuel and Winnie Putman and was in Cleveland County in 1880. They will be in Yadkin County in 1910 and 1920. Still no Children.