1850 Alachua County FL Census – Page 13

This is a transcription for the 1850 Alachua County Florida census, page 13. 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	89	89	Thigpen	Arnold	50	M		Farmer	40	North Carolina
2	89	89	Thigpen	Elizabeth A.	28	F				Florida
3	89	89	Thigpen	John C.	10	M				Florida
4	89	89	Thigpen	Blenio F.	9	F				Florida
5	89	89	Thigpen	Oscar	7	M				Florida
6	89	89	Thigpen	Gregory Y.	6	M				Florida
7	89	89	Thigpen	Caleb C.	5	M				Florida
8	89	89	Thigpen	Eliza	2	F				Florida
9	90	90	Sparkman	William	38	M		Farmer		Florida			X
10	90	90	Sparkman	Polly	38	F				Georgia			X
11	90	90	Sparkman	Martha	17	F				Georgia
12	90	90	Sparkman	James	16	M		Laborer		Florida
13	90	90	Sparkman	Stephen	13	M				Florida
14	90	90	Sparkman	Ann	11	F				Florida
15	90	90	Sparkman	Penelope	8	F				Florida
16	90	90	Sparkman	Polly L.	7	F				Florida
17	90	90	Sparkman	Joel	3	M				Florida
18	90	90	Ford	Lewis	19	M		Laborer		Georgia
19	91	91	Glisson	Bryant	36	M		Farmer		Georgia			X
20	91	91	Glisson	Elizabeth	37	F				Georgia			X
21	91	91	Glisson	Dennis W.	11	M				Georgia
22	91	91	Glisson	Emarea	9/12	F				Georgia
23	92	92	Platt	Joshua	80	M		Farmer		North Carolina					Note
24	92	92	Platt	Amy	75	F				North Carolina
25	93	93	Hagan	Elizabeth	60	F				South Carolina			X		Note
26	93	93	Hagan	Jesse	35	M		Farmer		Georgia			X		Note
27	94	94	Peterson	Michael	45	M		Farmer		Georgia
28	94	94	Peterson	Violet J.	20	F				Georgia			X
29	94	94	Jackson	Francis	18	F				Georgia
30	94	94	Jackson	Leonard	8	M				Georgia
31	94	94	Jackson	Susan	4	F				Florida
32	94	94	Jackson	Lucy	3	F				Florida
33	95	95	Blackshear	Louis	45	M		Farmer	1,500	South Carolina
34	95	95	Blackshear	Civil	45	F				North Carolina			X
35	95	95	Rollins	Benjamin	23	M		Farmer		Florida					Note
36	95	95	Rollins	Dorcas A.	23	F				Georgia
37	95	95	Hulburt	John D.	9	M				Georgia
38	95	95	Thomas	James	27	M		Laborer		South Carolina
39	96	96	Tyson	Benjamin	40	M		Farmer		Georgia			X
40	96	96	Tyson	Cathrine	30	F				Georgia			X
41	96	96	Platt	Senersy	12	F				Georgia
42	96	96	Tyson	William	5	M				Florida

Additonal Notes

23. 1850 Alachua County FL Slave Schedule – Page 03.
25. Elizabeth Hagan (husband was Thomas)
26. Jesse Hagan (Alachua County marriage records show a Jesse Hagan married a Ann Jane Swindle on June 23, 1853.)
35. Benjamin Rollins was a son of Robert Rollins b. 1795-97, S.C. or Fla. and Jane Sparkman b. 1800-10, m. 6 oct 1824, Duval Co. Robert served in 2nd Fla. Cav. Co. K. C.S.A. at an old age, and was captured and exchanged. Robert was the son of Thomas Rollins and Susanna b. 1775 in Ga. She md. 2nd Redding Blount b. 1755 N.C. d.1813 Samples Creek, Duval, Fla.and had more children. Thomas and Susanna had 1st Benjamin b. 1794.S.C.
    
    Susanna was convicted of murdering Redden Blount on 29 Aug 1816. She was sentenced to 5 years in the “La Casa del Rocojida” “the house of the recluse” in Havana. Her son Benjamin was found innocent of “witnessing the crime.” She returned and in 10 Jul 1821 claimed Redden’s land and sold it to her son Robert. Source; Prosecution of James Gray (Reddens son-in-law), Susanna Rowland (his wife, but a slave testifies at the trial that she was not a widow when she married Redden as she professed. He had recently seen her husband alive and living up north with the Indians. Since she was illegally married she was prosecuted under her previous married name) and Benjamin Rowland for the murder of Redden Blunt. East Fla. Papers, 21-126 Bundl 29001, 249 pgs. Spanish Land Grants, Unc. W 22.
    
    Robert and Jane Sparkman had 1. William b. 1825, Fla. Md. Elisa b. 1824, he served in 2nd Cav. Co. K, C.S.A. as a substitute for R. Masters. 2. Benjamin b. 1827, Fla. md. Dorcas A. Blackshear (dau of Louis) b. 1827 Ga., 3. Martha b. 1833, Fla.,4. John b. 1836, Fla.5.Jane b. 1839, Fla..6. Peter b. 1841, Fla. 7. Susan (Farrold) b. 1842, Fla. 8. Amelia or Permelia Ann b. 1845-48, Fla. 9. Hester b. 1852, Fla.

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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