Surnames: Jones County, 1850.
by Lisa Y. Henderson
BISHOP, BRADDICK, CONNER, CUMMINGS, DAVIS, DORTY, DUFF, FENDERSON, HAZEL, HEATH, HOOFMAN, HOPE, IPOC, JEFFERSON, JONES, KELLUM, KOONCE, LITTLE, MOORE, MORGAIN/MORGAN, PETTER, PORTER, STANLY, STRINGER, WHITE and WILLIS.
Fourth Generation Inclusive 
My ancestor, William DUFF (Dove) shows up on the 1850 census. The census taker mustve thought that this was the correct spelling. William Dove is living in the househoold of the Brocks, a wealthy land-owning family. He wouldve been about 25 and 35 in 1850 and 1860, seems a bit old to still be an apprentice. Its possible his wife Easter/Esther and children were slaves of the Brocks and that is the reason he stuck around. He is listed as being a Cooper.
He wouldn’t have been an apprentice at that age, but FMC who were skilled craftsmen often lived on the farms of the well-off whites for whom they worked.