Unknown wife of Frederick Hardee Floyd

Manager's note: No concrete evidence to support full name of wife, hence "Unknown" of {Unknown} Floyd. She is NOT Susannah Clack. Do not merge with the Clack family. No evidence of any Clacks in Horry County or vicinity at this time.

There is some evidence that Frederick may have married twice based on the ages of children with "Sarah" being his second wife. Family speciulation has that wife or wives may have been of the Thompson and/or Pittman families. No proof has surfaced at this time and is mere speculation. SF

Marty Grant makes a good case for Frederick's wife being named Sarah Unknown using 1800, 1810, and 1820 census data: http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/floyd/floyd-frederick-horry.htm

"Frederick Floyd married someone in the 1790's. The only clue to her name that I've seen is that there is a widow Sarah (---) Floyd listed on the 1820 census after Frederick died. It seems likely that she was his wife. Others have come to this same conclusion but I don't know if there is any solid evidence that Sarah was Frederick's wife. Sarah was born ca 1765/1774. Her maiden name is unknown."

Frederick is listed on the 1800 census in Georgetown District:

1800 census analysis (based on available evidence): (Explanation of this census)

1800 Georgetown Dist, Kingston Co., SC pg 774/388 Frederick Floyd 20010-40010-0-0 Analysis:

1 Male(s) 26-44 (1755-1774) Frederick Floyd (1765/74)

2 Male(s) 0-9 (1790-1800) 1-Samuel F. Floyd (c1791) and 2-James Floyd (1790/94) son

1 Female(s) 26-44 (1755-1774) Sarah (—) Floyd (1765/74) wife

4 Female(s) 0-9 (1790-1800) 1-Nancy Floyd (c1793) daughter, 2-Patience Floyd (c1795) daughter, 3-Catherine Floyd (1794/1800) daughter, 4-Mary Floyd (1794/1800) daughter

There were two Frederick Floyds listed on the 1810 census in Horry. This one was listed as Frederick Sr. The other, Frederick Jr. The younger one is a proven son of James Floyd (bef 1755).

1810 census analysis (based on available evidence): (Explanation of this census)

1810 Horry Dist., SC pg 144/477 Frederic Floyd Snr 21210-13110-0-1 Analysis:

1 Male(s) 26-44 (1765-1784) Frederick Floyd (1765/74)

2 Male(s) 16-25 (1784-1794) 1-Samuel F. Floyd (c1791) son and 2-James Floyd (1790/94) son

1 Male(s) 10-15 (1794-1800) Son? (1794/1800) * not in 1800

2 Male(s) 0-9 (1800-1810) 1-Wright Floyd (c1802) son and 2-Everett Floyd (1804/10) son

1 Female(s) 26-44 (1765-1784) Sarah (—) Floyd (1765/74)

1 Female(s) 16-25 (1784-1794) Nancy Floyd (c1793) daughter

3 Female(s) 10-15 (1794-1800) 1-Patience Floyd (c1795) daughter, 2-Catherine Floyd (1794/1800) daughter, 3-Mary Floyd (1794/1800) daughter

1 Female(s) 0-9 (1800-1810) Jane Floyd (c1807) daughter T here is only one Frederick Floyd listed on the 1820 census in Horry and it is the younger of the two. This Frederick appears to have died before 1820. As noted earlier there is a widow Sarah Floyd listed who is probably Frederick's widow.

1820 census analysis (based on available evidence): (Explanation of this census)

1820 Horry Dist., SC pg 134/7 Sarah Floyd widow 210100-01001-0-0 Analysis:

1 Male(s) 16-25 (1794-1804) Wright Floyd (c1802) son

1 Male(s) 10-15 (1804-1810) Everett Floyd (1804/10) son

2 Male(s) 0-9 (1810-1820) 1-Hardy Floyd (1810/15) son and 2-Frederick Floyd (c1814) son

1 Female(s) 45 & up (before 1775) Sarah (—) Floyd (1765/74)

1 Female(s) 10-15 (1804-1810) Jane Floyd (c1807) daughter

Sarah (---) Floyd wasn't listed on the 1830 census in Horry as far as I could find. She may have been dead by then, or perhaps remarried or just living with other relatives and no longer a head of household herself. Her son Hardy Floyd had a female age 40-49 (c1780/90) with him in 1830. That isn't a perfect age match, but it could be Sarah. Frederick Floyd had a female with him in 1840 age 60-69 (1770/80) who could be Sarah.

I have no further data on Sarah, but she was probably dead by 1842 for she wasn't named in the probate records filed that year naming Frederick's heirs. From Marty Grant.

Sources

Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Kingston, Georgetown District, South Carolina; Roll: 49; Page: 388; Image: 36; Family History Library Film: 181424 AncestryImage Name: Frederick FloydHome in 1800 (City, County, State): Kingston, Georgetown District, South Carolina Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 4 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 6 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 8

"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH23-XRW : accessed 2 October 2019), Frederic Floyd, Horry, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 477, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 62; FHL microfilm 181,421.

Widow Sarah Floyd in 1820 census:

"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL7-68L : accessed 25 May 2020), Widow Sarah Floyd, Horry, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 134, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 119; FHL microfilm 162,022.