1870 Federal Population Schedule

Sterling Stone1 b.1829

The 1870 population schedule, the 11th family numbered, Township 12, Page 223, Aberdeen P.O, Monroe County, Sterling Stone1 (upper left photo) b. TN, age 40, mother's origin Virginia, could read and write; wife, Janie, mulatto, b, Alabama, age 30, mother's origin Kentucky.    Children born at the time were Alice, mulatto, age 9, b.1862, Wesley age 6  b.1864, Mary age 4 b.1866 and George age 3 b.1868.

Also recorded on the 1870, the14th family numbered on the schedule, and living two households away is a young man of 21 years of age, b.1849 TN whose name is also Sterling Stone.   This would be Sterling Stone2, and is Sterling1 son from a previous relationship.  Searching the census, Sterling2 seemed to have disappeared.  However, Sterling Stone3 b.1874 TN appears in the 1910 Ohio census, as "colored Sterling Stone”, Cuyahoga, Ohio. His age is 37; his parents’ place of birth is recorded as TN.  He is living alone and head of household.   .

Additional entries to the 1870 census, records, living as nezt door neighbors were the Meriweathers and Gulley's.  Family historian Bennie Stone Gooden indicates that these were additional relatives whom his Grandfather, Marion Stone frequently referred to. The families were headed by Isaac and Charlotte Meriweather, Martha Meriweather and Caroline Meriweather; the 10th, 12th and 13th families numbered respectfully.