1850 Census Macoupin County IL
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Help and Information Page for the 1850 Census Macoupin
County IL
Please read!
We are all human and make mistakes or transcribers just had a hard time
reading the writing of the 1850 period - maybe the ink had faded or was
smeared. The best way to interpret the census taker's original writing
(he wrote how he interpreted spellings of names if the family couldn't
spell) is to view copies of the actual pages and interpret the writing
for yourself.
Index - 1850 Census Macoupin County IL
The 1850 Census data was taken from the transcriptions
in a book owned by Littleton P Bradley. We thank Mr Bradley for allowing
us to use his book.
Credits for typing go to Eric Adcock, Pat Crouse, Debi Faris, Gloria Frazier, Norma Hass, Mary Ann Kaylor, Charlie Neff, and Mark Strohbeck, for scanning pages and sending to typists, Larry Clark, and for advice on contents, Becky Hargett and Judy York. Proofreading done by Larry Clark, Mary Collins, Norma Hass, Win Shores, and Sally Peterson.
Important - Pages have been proofread but some page
divisions parts A and B may start with a name which should go on the previous
or later page. See how to order copies of original census pages from the
Illinois State Archives. I would
advise mentioning both A and B sheets if ordering.
The actual census was enumerated in the following way:
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Dwelling numbered in the order of visitation |
Families numbered in the order of visitation |
The Name of every Person whose usual place of
abode on the first day of June, 1850, was |
Age | Sex |
Color |
Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each Male Person over 15 years of age. |
Value of Real Estate |
Place of Birth. Naming the State, |
Married |
Attended |
Person over 20 yrs of age |
Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict. |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
In Mr Bradley's 1850 Census Macoupin County Transcription, columns 11, 12, and 13 were not used. And, "Married within the year" in column 10 is entered as notes under the names of those who fit the category.
Columns 1 and 2 are noted on a transcribed page of the census beside
the surname of the household such as (1-1)
All surnames under (1-1) are in the same household until you get to the
next household (2-2).
Column 6 is noted on a transcribed page beside Column 5 as Bl=Black and
Mu=Mulatto.
Column 8 is the value of real estate in dollars not acres.
Some households continue to the next sheet. For instance, the Edward
Bell family (7-7) on page 269A continues onto the
top of page 269B.
1850 U.S. CENSUS. Instructions to the marshals and assistant marshals;
What were the enumerators suppose to ask your great-great-grandparents?
Their instructions included:
"He (the assistant marshal) is to approach every family and individual from whom he solicits information with civil and conciliatory manners, and adapt himself, as far as practicable, to the circumstances of each, to secure confidence and good will, as a means of obtaining the desired information with accuracy and dispatch.
"If any person, to whom application is made for information should refuse to give it, or should designedly give false information, the assistant should inform him of the responsibility he thereby incurs, and that he renders himself liable to a penalty, according to the fifteenth section of the act of Congress.
"The act provides that 'the assistant marshals shall make the
enumeration by actual inquiry at every dwelling house, or by personal inquiry
of the head of every family, and not otherwise.' This requirement must
be strictly observed."
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