1850 Alachua County FL Slave Schedule – Page 07

This is a transcription for the 1850 Alachua County Florida Slave Schedule, page 7. 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 headers for the table columns. Columns 6-8 were usually blank. 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.

The 1850 Slave Schedule, often referred to as the slave census, was created alongside the federal population census and listed enslaved individuals under the names of their owners. Unlike the population census, it did not record enslaved people by name but instead by age, sex, and color, with occasional notes on disabilities. For genealogists researching their black ancestry, these records can still be crucial. By comparing slave schedules with wills, bills of sale, probate records, or later censuses, researchers can often connect unnamed individuals to specific families or plantations.

Transcription

Schedule 2. Slave Inhabitants in the Fourteenth Division in the County of Alachua State of
Florida, enumerated by me on the 14th day of November, 1850. Joel B. Smith

LNOwner Name2345678Note
1Ransom Cason1Note
21
31
41
51
61
7John C. Richard1Note
81
91
101
111
121
131
141
151
161
171
181
191
201
211
221
231
241
251
261
271
281
291
301
311
321
33John Cason1Note
34Samuel R. Piles1Note
351
361
371
381
391
401
411
421
LNOwner Name2345678Note
1Samuel R. Piles1
21
31
41
51
61
71
81
91
101
111
121
131
141
151
161
171
181
191
201
211
221
231
241
25Walter Button1Note
261
271
28Thomas W. Piles1Note
291
301
311
321
331
341
351
361
371
381
391
401
411
421

Additonal Notes

Abbreviations

ColumnName
1Name of Slave Owner
2Number of Slaves
3Age
4Sex
5Colour
6Fugitives from the State
7Number Manumitted
8Deaf & dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic

Census Image

1850 Slave Census Alachua County FL - page 7
1850 Slave Census Alachua County FL – page 7

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