Notes for: Harriet Ann Vanhorn

1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 5 1850:
Saml M. Williams, 27, blacksmith, value of real estate $25; Harriet A, 22; Marcellus C, 9 months. All born in Virginia.

1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 11 1860:
S. M. Williams, 37, farmer, value of real estate $400; H. A. (female), 32; M. C. (male), 10; H. V. (female), 9; B. A. (female), 5; F. P. (male), 3; Wm. M, 1. All born in Virginia.

1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated on Sep 2 1870:
Saml M. Williams 46, farmer, value of real estate $1,830, value of personal estate $450; Hariet A, 42, weaver & keeping house; Marcellus C, 20, common laborer, value of personal estate $100; Hellen V, 17; Bertha A, 15; Franklin P, 13; Wm M, 11; Ruben K, 9; Stuart L, 4; Abraham, 38, occupation "at home," cannot read/write, denied right to vote, handwritten notation states "deaf, dumb & idiot."

Records of the Doddridge County court, now on file at the West Virginia State Archives, show that on April 13, 1874, Samuel M. Williiams was given $43.60 for the support of Abraham Williams, a pauper.
In the 1880 Census, Abraham was one of several paupers enumerated at the County Poor Farm in Grant District, Doddridge County.