1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 380, Family 380
Durham, Thomas, 60, minister, $1360
Durham, Ann, 55
Durham, John, 34, carpenter, unable to read or write
Durham, Susan, 30, unable to read or write
Durhan, Frances, 28, unable to read or write
Durham, Thomas, 36, laborer, unable to read or write
Durham, George, 24, idiotic
Durham, James, 20, laborer
Durham, Alfred, 17
All were born in Virginia

Thomas Durham Jr. married Louisa C. Durham on 8 October 1857 in Essex County, Virginia. He was 32; she was 29. Both were single [not widowed], born and resided in Essex County. He was a mechanic. The parents were Thomas Durham and Ann Brizendine, and Jacob Durham and Catharine Greenwood. Thomas Durham performed the ceremony. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 1, page 5, entry 13.]

He is listed as the father of his son John in John’s marriage to Ida Durham Covington.