1840 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Durham, George
1 male under 5 [this would be George W. Durham]
1 male 20-30 [this would be George Durham]
1 female under 5
2 females 5-10
1 female 20-30 [this would by Mary Jones Durham]
1 female 50-60

1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 98
Dwelling 585, Household 585
Durham, George, 43, male, laborer, born in Virginia, cannot read or write
Durham, Sophronia, 38, female, born in Virginia, cannot read or write
Durham, Mary, 18, female, born in Virginia
Durham, George, 15, male, born in Virginia
Durham, Sophronia, 11, female, born in Virginia
Durham, Susan, 10, female, born in Virginia
Durham, Benjamin, 3, male, born in Virginia
Rogers, Elizabeth 16, female, born in Virginia

1860 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 348, Family 335
Durham, Mary, 50, farmer, $900 real estate
Durham, Geo. W., 24, laborer, $1200 personal estate
Durham, Sophronia, 25, $500 personal estate
Durham, Susan M., $1200 personal estate
All were born in Virginia

George W. Durham married Annie E. Taylor on 28 March 1860 in Essex County, Virginia. He was 23, single (not widowed), born in Essex County and residing there. She was 21, single (not widowed), born in Essex County and residing there. The parents were George Durham and Mary Jones, and George Taylor and Nancy Beazley. George W. Durham was a farmer. Howard W. Montague performed the ceremony. Source: Book 1, page 10, line 22.

Durham, George W.: Enl. 5/23/61 in Co. F. Sick in hospital, 4/27/62-6/62. Present as at 6/30/62. Died of typhoid fever, in hospital at Richmond, 8/4/62. He left a widow, Annie. [Richard O’Sullivan, 55th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1989), 121.]