1850 Census Benton County

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Index A - D
Index E - I
Index J - P
Index R- Z
Notes
Page 0273a
Page 0284a
Page 0295a
Page 0306a
Page 0317a
Slave Schedule 41
Slave Schedule 44
Slave Schedule 45
Slave Schedule 48
Slave Schedule 49
Slave Schedule 50
Slave Schedule Notes




Benton county, MO 1850  Federal Census  -  Notes

Transcriber's MISCELLANEOUS NOTES for 1850 Benton Co, MO CENSUS TRANSCRIPTION
24 Jan 2000


Dwelling Numbers
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The dwelling numbers and family numbers always matched although there are several instances 
where the occupants should probably be categorized as two families within a single dwelling.

There was no dwelling #33 listed

There was no dwelling #175 listed. There is a dwelling between #174 and #176 but it was also 
labelled as #176


Color
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About 1/4 of the way through the census (line 33 page 286B) the enumerator quit putting any 
marks for the person's color with the exception of several Black people. Probably if this field 
is blank the person is White.


Enumerator Spelling and Copying errors
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It is unknown how many names were misspelled or later miscopied by the enumerator but the 
errors may be severe. One example is Family #136 which is listed as last name Lopp but is 
known to actually be Sapp.


Transcriber and Proofreaders
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Transcribed by Dennis Miller, descendant of James J. Dawson, p282A line 23.

1st half proofread by 4th cousin Jodi Ellsworth, descendant of Paulina Jane Dawson, 
p282A line 27.

2nd half proofread by 3rd cousin once removed Jenny Markham, also a descendant of 
Paulina Jane Dawson.

Dennis, Jodi and Jenny are all descended from Henry A. Dawson, deceased Apr 1850.





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