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Jordan Cemetery, 45-1 Summary Report, page 17
records, as are several of his brothers, which will be shown later. At this point, it should be noted that the 1880 census showed the family of Moses Love Sr. in Township 4, Range 1 West. However, the 1870 census shows them living in Township 5, Range 1 West, which is where the Jordan 45-1 Cemetery is located. The 1900 census page that showed Moses Jr. and Henry J. Love stated that it was for the Whitesburg Precinct / Beat 6, which is in Township 5, Range 1 West. It appears that the family moved north from the Green Grove area to the area now roughly bounded on the west by Rideout Road and on the south by Martin Road. In other words, Moses Love moved his family from the Pond Beat area to land that is now north of Martin Road by 1880. Yet, in 1900, when neither Moses Sr. nor his wife Martha can be found in the census records (probably due to death), their sons are living back in the Pond Beat area of Township 5, Range 1 West.
Since checks of the 1860 and earlier census records would be futile for slaves, only the later years were researched to see what became of this family. The 1900 census record for Rufus is shown below:
17 - (1917)