Eleanor Fordham^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1821 - 1900

• Born	15 Nov 1821	North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Died	09 Jan 1900
  Person ID	I13	Koonce 2
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	John Fordham
  Mother	Nancy Lavendar
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John Council Bryan Koonce,   b. Abt 1817, North Carolina ,   d. Before 1870
  Children	1. Williams Koonce,   b. Abt 1835, North Carolina   2. Martha Ann Koonce,   b. abt. 1841, North Carolina   3. Caroline L. Koonce,   b. abt. 1844, North Carolina > 4. Nancy Frances Koonce,   b. 02 Jan 1842, Jones County, North Carolina ,   d. 03 Nov 1921, Craven County, North Carolina > 5. Calvin Luther Koonce,   b. Mar 1845, North Carolina ,   d. 18 Sep 1903, Sumter County, Florida > 6. Susan Caroline Koonce,   b. 27 Apr 1847, North Carolina ,   d. 16 Feb 1930, Trenton, Jones County, North Carolina   7. Ezra Edward Koonce,   b. Abt 1849, North Carolina   8. Josephine E. Koonce,   b. Abt 1852, North Carolina   9. Alice Joan Koonce,   b. Abt 1858, North Carolina > 10. Marrion Green Koonce,   b. 19 Jun 1859, North Carolina ,   d. 14 Feb 1922, Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2007
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		1850 NC Census: Counsel Koonce (head) Enumeration Date: 21 Nov 1850 Page: 139 Location: Beaver Creek, Jones County, North Carolina Family #420 Counsel - age 35, real estate value $3500 Eleanor - age 28 Williams - age 15, Laborer Martha A. - age 9 Caroline L. - age 6 Susan C. - age 4 Nancy F. - age 7 Ezra E. - age 1
  		1860 NC Census: J.C.B. Koonce (Head) Enumeration Date: 30 Jul 1860 Page:25 Location: Trenton District, Jones County, North Carolina J.C.B. - age 43, real estate value = $600, personal value = $8000 Elenor - age 39, real estate value = $1000 Nancy F. - age 18 Calvin L. - age 15 Susan C. - age 13 Ezra E. - age 11 Josephine E. - age 9 Alice J. - age 3 Marion G. - age 1
  		1870 NC Census: Elenor Koonce (Head) Enumeration Date: 21 June 1870 Page: 18 Location: Beaver Creek, Jones County, North Carolina Dwelling # 143 Elenor - Head, age 48, value of personal estate $775 Susan - age 23 Edward - age 21 Josephine - age 18 Alice -age 12 Merryon- age 10
  		NC Death Certificate: Nancy Frances Nunn Mother: Elenor F. (can't read) Father: JCB Koonce Born: 2 Jan 1842 in Jones County, North Carolina Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery Informant: R A Armistead
  		Excerpt: John Nunn Revolutionary Soldier: His American Ancestors, Descendants and a Few Cousins pgs. 51-52

  
  

  Headstones

  Eleanor Fordham Koonce Headstone

  
  

• Notes

  Name: Several family files on Ancestry list her maiden name as Fordham. Some indication her mother's name was Nancy. There is a Nancy Fordham also living in the same community in 1950 with children named Caroline and Nancy (two names that Elenor would give her children)

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] 1860 NC Census: Jones County (Trenton). [S9] 1870 NC Census: Jones County (Beaver Creek). [S14] 1850 NC Census: Jones County (Beaver Creek). [S16] James Nunn Bible Transcription, (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/lenoir/bibles/nunn01.txt).