Sophia Deborah Beeker ¹

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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1810 in , Rowan, NC. ^{4 5} The 1810 census recorded Henry Beker with this household:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1801-1810) = 2 sons (Philip & Henry Jr.)
45 & over (<=1765) = 1 father (Henry Sr.)
Females (born)
Under 10 (1801-1810) = 4 daughters (?, ?, Anna, Sophia)
10-15 (1795-1800) = 2 daughters (?, ?)
16-25 (1785-1794) = 2 daughters (Catherine, ?)
45 & over (<=1765) = 1 mother (Barbara)
1810 neighbors are 4 Garner households: father-in-law Philip, and David, John and Henry, and Peter Tysinger who married Henry's daughter Margaret.

2. Census in 1820 in Lexington Side, Rowan, NC. ⁶ In the 1820 census, the "Lexington Side" district was a part of Rowan County, North Carolina, located on the northern and eastern side of the Yadkin River. Just two years later, in 1822, this territory was officially separated to form the new Davidson County, North Carolina. The town of Lexington, which had been founded in the late 1700s, became the county seat of the new Davidson County.
The 1820 census recorded Henry Baker (sic) with this household:
Males (born)
16-25 (1795-1804) = 1 son (Henry Jr.)
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 father (Henry Sr.)
Females (born)
10-15 (1805-1810) = 2 daughters (Anna & Sophia)
16-25 (1795-1804) = 2 daughters (?)
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 mother (Barbara)
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 7.

3. Henry lived on Lick Creek, in today's Davidson County formed in 1822 from east Rowan County. Census in 1830 in , Davidson, NC. ^{7 8} The 1830 census recorded Henry Beeker Sr. with this household:
Males (born)
60-69 (1761-1770) = 1 father (Henry)
Females (born)
20-29 (1801-1810) = 2 daughters (Anna & Sophia)
60-69 (1761-1770) = 1 mother (Barbara)
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4.

4. Newspaper: Western Carolinian: United In Wedlock. In Davidson County, on Friday, July 31st, by Philip Hedrick, Esq., Mr. LEVI RHODES to Miss OPHIA BUCKER., 8 Aug 1835, Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA. ⁹

5. Census in 1840 in , Davidson, NC. ¹⁰ Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Persons Employed in Mining: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 5.

6. Court: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions on 13 Nov 1848 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. ¹¹ North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Davidson County)

November Term 1848
Sophia Rhoades vs Levi Hedric Admin.
Ordered by the court that Philip Headric J.P. George Beck Sr. John Young & John Swing Jr. freeholders act as commissioners to lay off one years supper for Sophia Rhodes & family widow of Levi Rhodes deceased according to law and make report to next Court.

State of North Carolina
Davidson County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
Nov. Term 1848
To the worshipful the Justices presiding in said Court . The petition of Sophia Rhodes against Levi Hedrick Administrator of Levi Rhodes decd. Your petitioner shows that her husband Levi Rhodes lately died intestate in this County & that said Levi Hedrick was appointed his administrator at this present term of the Court. Your petitioner prays the court to appoint one justice & three free holders whose duty it shall be to view the estate of her said deceased husband & upon oath allott to her out of the stock crop & provisions on hand a sufficient support for herself & family for the space of one year. And if there should not be sufficient on hand for this purpose then to assess the value of the deficiency in money to be paid by said administrator. And to make due return of all other proceedings to the next term of the Court. Your petitioner prays that said may be with a party debt to this petition & I for all such orders judgments & decrees as may be lawful & proper in the premises. And upon duly bound will ever pray.
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7. Probate on 4 Dec 1848 in , Davidson, NC. ¹² State of North Carolina
Davidson County
to the worshipful the Justices of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for said county Feb. Term 1849
We Philip Hendrick, Justice of the Peace of said county, and Georg Beck Sen., John Young and John Swing, freeholders in obedience to the annexed order proceeded on the 4th day of December 1848 to view the Estate of Levi Rhodes decd. and out of the crop, stock and provisions on hand we have laid off and allotted to Sophia Rhodes widow as follows: 10 bushels of wheat and the growing crop on hand, 35 bushels of corn on hand, 3 hogs on hand, all the flax on hand, 1 tub of ? and all the vegetables on hand, 1 pot & frying pan on hand, 1 axe on hand, 1 bed & stand on hand and all the poultry on hand, and there being not sufficient of the crop stock and provisions on hand to make a comfortable provision for the said widow and family for a year, we assess the deficiency to the sum of forty seven dollars to be paid to the said widow by the administrator of the said Levi Rhodes decd. And we have further laid off and allotted to the said Sophia Rhodes on bed and its necessary furniture and one wheel and pair of cards as her absolute property and put her is possession of the same.
Given under our hand and seal the 4th day of December 1848.

Phillip Hendrick
John Swing
Johannes Jüng.

8. Court: Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in Feb 1849 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. ¹³ To the worshipful the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County
February Term 1849
We Philip Headrick Justice of the Peace of said County and Georg Beck Sr. John Young and John Swing our freeholders in obedience to the annexed order proceeded on the 4th day of December 1848 to view the Estate of Levi Rhodes deceased and out of the crop, stock and provisions on hand we have laid off and allotted to Sophia Rhodes widow as follows: 10 Bushels of wheat and the growing crop on hand, 35 Bushels of com on hand, 3 hogs on hand, all the Flax on hand, 1 Tub of wheat and all the vegetables on hand, 1 pot & Frying pan on hand, 1 axe on hand, 1 Bee & stand on hand and all the Poultry on hand, and there being not sufficient of the crop stock and provisions on hand to make a comfortable provision for the said widow and family for
a year, we assess the deficiency to the sum of Forty Seven Dollars to be paid to the said widow by the administrator of the said Levi Rhodes deceased and we have further laid off and allotted to the said Sophia Rhodes one Bed and its necessary furniture and one where and pair of cards as her absolute property and part her in possession of the same.
Given under our hand and seals the 4th day of December 1848.
Philip Headrick
John Swing
Johannes Jung
George Beck.

9. Census in 1850 in , Davidson, NC. ¹⁴ The 1850 census recorded in the Southern Divison of Davidson County: Sophia Rhodes, 42, living with her children: Sarah, 14; Isaac, 13; John, 7; and Mary, 5. Everyone was born in North Carolina. Sophia's real estate was valued at $100.
Her neighbor is her older sister, Margaret Tysinger (nee Beeker), 59, living with her husband Peter, 65.
On the previous page is another older sister Catherine Ingram (nee Beeker), 62, with her husband James, 63.

10. Census in 1860 in Southern Division, Davidson, NC. ¹⁵ The 1860 census recorded Sophia Roads, 50, living with her children: Sarah, 23; Isaac, laborer, 22; John, 17; and Mary, 15. Everyone was born in North Carolina. The post office was Cotton Grove. Sophia's real estate was valued at $100 and personal estate $50. She could not read or write, but her children could.

11. Book: The Heritage of Davidson County 1982, 1982. ¹
RHODES (ROADS, RHOADS) and SHAW - 939
by Elise Rhodes Honeycutt
Sources: family records

Charles Lindsay Rhodes, b. 27 Sept. 1862, d. 2 Jan. 1952, m. Margaret Cornelia Shaw, b. 15 Sept. 1871, d. 23 Nov 1965, dau. of John Shaw, the son of Robert Shaw and Neaty Henrick, dau. of Daniel and Peggy Younts Hedrick. The parents of Charles were Isiac, b. 14 Feb. 1837, d. 10 July 1893, and Hulda Stockinger Rhoads, b. 12 Mar. 1837, d. 27 Oct. 1911. The children were Henry, Eli, Charles, Matchias and Eliza Jane.

Issac Rhoads was the son of Levi Roads, b. 1815, and Sophia Depopha Beeker, b. 10 Jan. 1808. Levi, who was raised by Henry and Barbara Garner Beeker near Denton m. 31 July 1835 Sophia Beeker, the dau. of Henry and Barbara. Their children were Sally (12 Oct.), Issac (14 Feb. 1837), John (6 Jan. 1843), Mary (29 May 1845), and Frank. John and Frank were killed in the Civil War. Levi, his wife and children lived 1 mile southwest of Hedricks Grove.

Hulda Stockinger Rhodes, my great grand-mother was drowned when crossing a creek on a log.

Sophia married Levi Rhodes on 31 Jul 1835 in , Davidson, NC.^{1 2} (Levi Rhodes was born in 1815 ¹ and died in Oct 1848 in Hedrick Grove, Davidson, NC ^{1 12 16}.)