1850 Census - Ray County, Missouri - File 1 of 13 How to read the 1850 Census for Ray County, Missouri. Each time you see the page heading below, it indicates the start of a new page on the actual census film. The blank spaces shown here are filled in with the appropriate information on each page of the census. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS WASHINGTON Schedule 1.---Free Inhabitants in , in the County of , State of Missouri enumerated by me, on the day of , 1850. Ass't Marshall Each column on the census is numbered 1 to 13. Please use refer to the following list when reading these records. 1 - Dwelling house numbered in order of visitation. 2. - Families numbered in the order of visitation. 3. - The Name of every Person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June, 1850, was in this family. 4. - Age 5. - Sex 6. - Color (White, black or mulatto) 7. - Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each Male Person over 16 years of age. 8. - Value of Real Estate owned. 9. - Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country. 10. - Married within the year. 11. - Attended school within the year. 12. - Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read and write. 13. - Whether deaf or dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Fred Woods . (© 1997 Fred Woods) USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------