1850 Alachua County FL Slave Schedule – Page 11

This is a transcription for the 1850 Alachua County Florida Slave Schedule, page 11. 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 30th day of November, 1850. Joel B. Smith

LNOwner Name2345678Note
1Samuel Geiger130FMNote
2130FM
3121FB
4121FM
5119MM
616MB
718FM
816MM
914MM
1013FB
1112MB
1212FB
1312FB
1411FM
1514/12FB
16150FB
17Moses Ramsey160MBNote
18155MB
19135FB
20135MB
21130MB
22118MB
23115MB
24110MB
2518FB
2616MB
27Henry Bouknight160FBNote
28122MB
29116MB
30113FB
31112FB
3219FB
3316FB
3415FB
35John F. McDonald160FBNote
36130MB
37130MB
38128FB
39117MB
4018FB
4116MB
4214MB
LNOwner Name2345678Note
1Daniel Skipper17FBNote
2Joseph A. Evritt15MBNote
3125MB
4Samuel B. Colding160MBNote
5160FB
6Hardy Harvard133FBNote
7133MB
8112FB
9110FB
1015MB
1114MB
12Simon Hodges150FBNote
13119FB
1412MB
1514/12MB
1618MB
17Joel B. Smith145MBNote
18140FB
1919FB
2014MB
2111FB
22Stephen Fagan128MBNote
23117FB
2412FB
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31
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42

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 11
1850 Slave Census Alachua County FL – page 11

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