1850 Alachua County FL Census – Page 21

This is a transcription for the 1850 Alachua County Florida census, page 21. 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	147	147	Rain	Martha	24	F				Alabama
2	147	147	Rain	Margret	10	F				Florida
3	147	147	Rain	Elizabeth	8	F				Georgia
4	147	147	Rain	Cornelius Jr.	7	M				Florida
5	147	147	Rain	William	4	M				Florida
6	147	147	Rain	Jackson	1	M				Florida
7	147	147	Davis	Margret	6	F				Florida
8	147	147	Davis	Susan	60	F				North Carolina				X
9	148	148	Turner	Henry B.	42	M		Farmer	1,000	North Carolina					Note
10	148	148	Turner	Martha E.	32	F				Georgia
11	148	148	Turner	Thomas O.	14	M				Georgia			X
12	148	148	Turner	Henry	12	M				Georgia			X
13	148	148	Turner	Mary J.	8	F				Georgia			X
14	148	148	Turner	Martha A.	6	F				Georgia			X
15	148	148	Turner	Benjamin	5	M				Georgia			X
16	148	148	Turner	John	8/12	M				Florida
17	149	149	Knight	Jeptha	34	M		Farmer		Georgia
18	149	149	Knight	Eliza	30	F				Georgia				X
19	149	149	Knight	Levy	5	M				Florida
20	149	149	Knight	George	4	M				Florida
21	149	149	Knight	Thomas J.	3	M				Florida
22	149	149	Knight	Margret F.	4/12	F				Florida
23	149	149	Knight	George	50	M		None		Georgia
24	149	149	Bates	Wilson	55	M		Farmer		Virginia
25	149	149	Bates	George W.	22	M		Farmer		Georgia				X
26	149	149	Bates	Mary S. L.	10	F				Florida
27	150	150	Geiger	Enoch T.	30	M		Farmer		Florida					Note
28	150	150	Geiger	Julia A.	22	F				Florida				X
29	150	150	Geiger	Sarah J.	5	F				Florida
30	150	150	Geiger	Daniel S.	3	M				Florida
31	151	151	Chesser	Samuel	45	M		Farmer		South Carolina				X	Note
32	151	151	Chesser	Sarah	43	F				North Carolina				X	Note
33	151	151	Chesser	Eliza J. S.	19	F				Georgia					Note
34	151	151	Chesser	Nancy	16	F				Georgia					Note
35	151	151	Chesser	William H.	14	M				Georgia
36	151	151	Chesser	Thomas W.	11	M				Georgia
37	151	151	Chesser	John W.	9	M				Georgia
38	151	151	Chesser	Mary A.	6	F				Georgia
39	151	151	Chesser	Sarah C.	4	F				Georgia
40	151	151	Chesser	Louisa A. M.	2/12	F				Florida
41	151	151	Chesser	Lecia S.	2/12	F				Florida
42	152	152	Little	John	45	M		Farmer	500	Georgia

Additonal Notes

9. 1850 Alachua County FL Slave Schedule – Page 04.
27. Enoch T. Geiger (married Julia E Blitch, Sept 3, 1843 in Alachua county). 1850 Alachua County FL Slave Schedule – Page 04.
31. Samuel S. Chesser is s/o Thomas Samuel Chesser & Mary.
32. Sarah Chesser = Sarah E. Gordon d/o Alexander Gordon & Lisha McCauley?
33. Eliza Chesser m. David Aultman.
34. Nancy Chesser m. William S. Richardson.

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

Census Image

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