1850 Alachua County FL Census – Page 08

This is a transcription for the 1850 Alachua County Florida census, page 8. In 1850, Alachua County included the area that now comprises Gilchrist County Florida. Beneath the census table you will find any additional submitted notes on an individual or family, the image of the census, and a list of abbreviations for the table column headers. The Note column is not included in the original census image but indicates to you that there are notes at the bottom of this page in reference to the individual or family.

If the race is missing then the individual was presumed white.

Transcription

LN	HN	FN	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	AGE	SEX	RACE	OCCUP.	VAL.	BIRTHPLACE	MRD.	SCH.	R/W	DDB	NOTES
1	50	50	Sherhouse	Jane E.	12	F				Georgia
2	50	50	Sherhouse	Moses E.	11	M				Georgia
3	50	50	Sherhouse	John E.	3	M				Florida
4	51	51	Fennell	James	30	M		Farmer		South Carolina
5	51	51	Fennell	Harriet	33	F				Florida			X
6	51	51	Fennell	Levisa	11	F				Georgia
7	51	51	Fennell	John	9	M				Georgia
8	51	51	Fennell	James Jr.	6	M				Florida
9	51	51	Fennell	Catrine	4/12	F				Florida
10	51	51	Ford	Reuben	12	M				Florida
11	52	52	Sparkman	Jehu	70	M		Farmer		South Carolina					Note
12	52	52	Sparkman	Lidia	47	F				South Carolina			X		Note
13	52	52	Sugs	Kitsa	20	F				South Carolina			X
14	52	52	Sugs	Ezekiel	18	M		Laborer		Florida					Note
15	52	52	Sugs	William	15	M		Laborer		Florida					Note
16	52	52	Sparkman	Isaac	3	M				Florida
17	53	53	Sparkman	James M.	34	M		Farmer	600	Georgia					Note
18	53	53	Sparkman	Sinah	38	F				Florida			X
19	53	53	Sparkman	Carey	8	F				Florida		X
20	53	53	Sparkman	George W.	5	M				Florida
21	53	53	Sparkman	Francis M.	4	M				Florida
22	54	54	Weeks	Silas	38	M		Farmer	1,000	Georgia	X				Note
23	54	54	Weeks	Kisiah	16	F				Florida	X
24	54	54	Weeks	Robert B.	11	M				Florida		X
25	54	54	Weeks	Simeon S.	7	M				Florida
26	54	54	Weeks	Joel T.	5	M				Florida
27	54	54	Weeks	Kisiah	3	F				Florida
28	54	54	Weeks	James S.	1	M				Florida
29	55	55	Ford	Garrey	32	M		Farmer		Florida			X
30	55	55	Ford	Rebeca	30	F				Georgia			X
31	55	55	Ford	Edward	7	M				Georgia
32	55	55	Ford	Nancy	26	F				Georgia			X
33	56	56	Walker	Thomas	54	M		Farmer		South Carolina			X
34	56	56	Walker	Elizabeth	47	F				Georgia			X
35	56	56	Walker	Berry	14	M				Georgia
36	56	56	Walker	Thomas Jr.	10	M				Florida
37	56	56	Walker	Susan	9	F				Florida
38	57	57	Kettler	John	50	M		Farmer	1,000	Pensylvania
39	57	57	Kettler	Mary	35	F				South Carolina			X
40	57	57	Kettler	George	20	M		Laborer		South Carolina			X
41	57	57	Kettler	Josiah M.	17	M		Laborer		Georgia
42	57	57	Kettler	Jane E.	15	F				Georgia

Additonal Notes

11. Buried in the Eliam Cemetery near Melrose in Putnam County.
12. Lydia was first married to Ezekiel Suggs who was born in South Carolina about 1800. In 1835, his twelve year old little brother, Robert, was working for Erastus Rogers, the suttler at Fort King in Marion County. On December 28, 1835, Osceola and a group of Seminole warriors attacked the suttler’s building. Among those killed were the indian agent, General Wiley Thompson, Lieutenant Constantine Smith, Erastus Rogers and Robert Suggs. Robert was the only victim who wasn’t scalped or mutilated. Following this massacre and the massacre of Captain Dade and a column of soldiers, the United States launched the Florida War or Second Seminole War to subdue the Seminoles and relocate them to Indian Territory. Ezekiel and several of his brothers and brothers in law joined the Florida Mounted Militia to do their part in fighting the Seminoles. Ezekiel’s militia records record that he died February 22, 1837. His brother, John Alligood Suggs, later filed a pension application in which he stated that his brothers Robert and Ezekiel had been killed by Indians in Florida. Lydia later married Jehu Sparkman. They had a son, Isaac, and they continued to raise Ezekiel’s sons, Ezkiel S. and William M. Suggs.
14. Ezekiel married Martha Elizabeth Beck. Ezekiel served with the Florida 7th Infantry Co. I during the Civil War. Following the war, he returned home and lived an uneventful life. Buried in the Eliam Cemetery near Melrose in Putnam County.
15. William married Catherine Fennell. William served with the Florida 7th Infantry Co. I during the Civil War. Following the war, he returned home and lived an uneventful life. Buried in the Eliam Cemetery near Melrose in Putnam County.
17. 1850 Alachua County FL Slave Schedule – Page 01.
22. 1850 Alachua County FL Slave Schedule – Page 01. 1850 Alachua County FL Slave Schedule – Page 02.

Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Meaning
LN	Line Number
HN	House Number
FN	Family Number
Occup.	Occupation
Val.	Value of Real Estate owned
MRD	Married within the year
SCH.	Attended School within the year
R/W	Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read & write
DDB	Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict

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