KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, IN 1850 CENSUS
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, IN 1850 CENSUSPresented here is the 1850 US Census of Kosciusko County, Indiana. Transcribedby Gene Andert from the NationalArchives Microfilm Publications microcopy No. 432, Roll 156 Population Schedulesof the Seventh Census of the United States, Indiana, Knox and KosciuskoCounties.
The 1850 Census was the first census to attempt to enumerate all of thepeople, by name, in the United States. This transcription of Kosciusko County's1850 census contains 10,243 names. For the 1850 census, two copies weremade. The original stayed in the county, one copy was sent to the statefor storage and a second copy, made from the first, not from the original,was sent to the federal government. The microfilm this was transcribed fromis based on the second copy. You can imagine the potential for transcriptionerrors. The microfilm is a handwritten copy of a copy. To attempt to addressthis concern a check was made, name by name against the original copy ofthe 1850 Kosciusko County Census, which still survives, thanks to the KosciuskoCounty Genealogy Society. I have tried to represent the surnames and givennames as accurately as possible and have clarified other information whenit was available on the original census. An example of a clarification isin the column noting where the individual was born. On the microfilm copy,there were a number of instances where the locations was noted as "U.C."The original version noted that the birth location was "U. Canada"or "Upper Canada". I have noted this where appropriate. But eventhe census enumerator, George Moon, was not always correct. An example is the Cornelius Cable family of Turkey Creek Township was recordedas Cornelius Kable. I have not modified the transcription to correctthese types of issues. There are no census pages for Etna, Seward, Monroe or Lake Townships, these townships were not organized in 1850, they were all part of other townships.
Presented is an everyname alphabetical Index that includes a clickable linkto the Census page that person is on. You can browse each census page byclicking on the "previous page" or "next page" buttonson each census page. A clarification of each of the column headings canbe found here.
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