Monroe, AL 1850 Federal Census - Notes File This Census was transcribed by Deanie Humphrey and proofread by Jeffrey Humphrey for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright 1999 by Deanie Humphrey ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ I began this project to help a friend out. Kay Anderson, graciously, donated census information that helped me tremendously in transcribing this census. Without her help, and my son's help (Jeff Humphrey), I am sure this project would not be completed. I have transcribed this census to the best of my ability. The names are spelled as the census taker, Hestle Dixon, wrote them. He entered the first name of the Monroe County Federal Census on September 14, 1850 and entered the last name on December 20, 1850. I entered each date that the census was taken on each page. Each page of the census is numbered, beginning with 1a, 1b, 2a, and 2b, etc. Each page has 42 lines. Total number of people recorded was 5,704, all of the white population. There were 13 columns, and each is explained below: 1. Dwelling number in the order of visitation 2. Families numbered in the order of visitation 3. The names of every person whose were living in the home 4. Age 5. Sex 6. Color: white, black or mulatto, C was for Caucasian 7. Profession, Occupation or trade of males 15 years or older 8. Value of Real Estate owned 9. Place of Birth. 10. Married within the year, W was used for widowed within the year. 11. Attended school within the year 12. Persons over 20 yrs. Who cannot read or write 13. Deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict. In transcribing this census, I found errors that were made by the census taker. Some are explained on the pages that I found them. I did not correct the errors, and for someone to understand the errors, viewing of the census is suggested. Dwelling and household numbers (line 15, dwelling 797and dwelling 801, through line 42). The ages and sex are entered in the wrong lines. I also found where he had skipped lines, and some pages did not have the usual 42 lines entered. Another part that I would suggest viewing the actual census is in dwelling and household numbers, on page 47b. Dwelling and household numbers go to 697, then begin at 648, stopping at 660. Mr. Dixon then realized his mistake and started the next number, as it should be.709. Happy Hunting, Deanie Humphrey