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Hello again,
I've been looking for that same William and Mary Kemp family in 1820 to 1840 censuses. In 1820, there was a William Kemp in Greenville, SC (p. 147), but the household looked like this:
1 M, 1F 45+
1 M, 1F 26-45
1 M, 1F 0-10
It looks very much like a family within a family, that is, grandparents, parents, and grandchildren. Probably the oldest man was the William Kemp, and so there's no way to determine if the younger man was a son named William too. He could even have been a son-in-law.
There was a William Kemp, Jr. right by Moses Kemp in Greenville Co., SC (p. 159). I suspect you know who he was, most likely Moses's son. There is a chance that he was the William Kemp in DeKalb County in 1850. His wife would have only been about 21 with four children though:
1 M 26-45
1 F 16-26
3 M 0-10
1 F 0-10
There was also William Kemp in Kershaw Co., SC, who was over 45 with no young daughters; also one in Charleston 26-45, but with no small daughters either. As for Georgia, there was just a William Kemp in Wilkinson Co., but the same story there--he is 45 + with no small daughters. (Note: DeKalb Co.'s first census was in 1830.)
Now I personally can't search the 1830 or 1840 censuses because I use HeritageQuest, which doesn't allow you to do that. Those census sheets are viewable, but you can "browse" only, meaning "wade through page by page." The only 1830-1840 census records that I can easily consult are of Gwinnett County, from books I own.
There was at least one William Kemp in Gwinnett County by 1829, mentioned in their Inferior Court Minutes 1820-1832 (see http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gaeggs/GwinnettMin1802-1832.pdf). Two men named William Kemp were living there in 1830. The first household looks like this (p. 308):
1 M, 1 F 80-90
1 M, 1 F, 30-40
1 M 15-20
1 F 10-15
1 M 0-5
Assuming that the younger man was a William, there would need to be at least one more young female to match the 1850 family. The other household was bigger (p. 335):
1 M 40-50
1 F 30-40
1 M, 1 F 15-20
1 F 10-15
1 M, 1 F 5-10
1 M, 1 F 0-5
There is a chance that this could be the same family, provided that William's age is off either here or 1850. Until you find them in 1840 though, there's no real way to determine anything. And unfortunately, neither of these families is in Gwinnett County in 1840. In that census, there are just two households of very young men, William and Wilson.
Sorry I couldn't really come up with anything more definitive. These earlier censuses can be kind of murky! You could post a query in the Record Look-Ups Genforum asking for William Kemp in 1840 and 1830, say, in South Carolina and Georgia. Maybe someone using Ancestry.com could help you more than I can. If you have questions about other Kemps in Gwinnett County, maybe I could help there since I own several GHS books.
Sue Ellen Fealko
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