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John’s oldest child was a daughter born between 1791 and 1794. It was not uncommon in those days for someone unrelated to live in your household, but it is assumed that this person was a daughter.

The 1810 Ashe County, North Carolina Census shows John’s household’s oldest inhabitant after him and Elizabeth as a female child in the 16-26 age range. In the 1840 Wilkes County Census she is in the 40-50 age range. She is also noted in that census entry as over 25 years old and deaf and dumb. She possibly had a disability.