Joel and Lydia Bingham do not have a son, Robert Henry, listed in the census records.

1850 Cherokee Co., :NC - 593/593

BINGUM, Joel, 51, b. NC
BINGUM, Lidia, 49, b. NC
BINGUM, Joel F., 18, b. NC
BINGUM, Rebecca, 15, b. NC
BINGUM, Nancy L., 13, b. NC
BINGUM, Lidia M., 11, b. NC
BINGUM, William M., 10, b. NC
BINGUM, Mary C., 8, b. NC
BINGUM, George N., 5, b. NC

1860 Macon Co., NC - Tennessee Valley - 335/345

BINGHAM, Joel, 64, b. Wilkes Co., NC
BINGHAM, Lyddia, 60, b. Ashe Co., NC
BINGHAM, George, 12, b. Macon Co., NC
PHILLIPS, Loranso D., 6, b. Cherokee Co., NC