1850 Federal Census McDowell County, North Carolina (File 6 of 6) This Census was transcribed by David Bright and proofread by Maggie Stewart for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright 2001 by David Bright ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES PROJECT 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. 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R/W DDB ========================================================================================================================= 1 829 829 Mccormick Tench C. 34 M farmer NC 2 829 829 Mccormick James 26 M blacksmith NC 3 829 829 Barnes Aquilla 22 M blacksmith NC 4 829 829 Irvine Claton 17 M apprentice NC 5 830 830 Mitchel Hiram J. 30 M mason 300 NC 6 830 830 Mitchel Mariah 23 F NC 7 830 830 Mitchel Narcissa 5 F NC 8 830 830 Mitchel William S. 2 M NC 9 830 830 Mitchel Caledonia A. 1/12 F NC 10 830 830 Sparks Sarah 22 F NC 11 830 830 Rector Thomas 16 M apprentice NC 12 830 830 Schism William 35 M mason NC 13 831 831 Holland Perry H. 39 M tanner 1,100 NC 14 831 831 Holland Susan 38 F NC 15 831 831 Holland Martha A.U. 13 F NC X 16 831 831 Holland Ingram A. 11 M NC X 17 831 831 Holland William H. 4 M NC 18 831 831 Irvine Robert 20 M apprentice NC 19 831 831 Gill Henry L. 25 M tanner NC 20 832 832 Bradshaw Isaah 31 M tanner 1,200 NC 21 832 832 Bradshaw Almira 25 F NC 22 832 832 Bradshaw Mary J. 3 F NC 23 832 832 Bradshaw William J. 1 M NC 24 832 832 Irwin Robert 26 M farmer NC X 25 832 832 Smith Mary 26 F NC X 26 833 833 Hildebrand Henry 33 M wagon maker 400 NC 27 833 833 Hildebrand Sarah 28 F NC 28 833 833 Hildebrand Eliza A. 4 F NC 29 833 833 Hildebrand James A. 3 M NC 30 833 833 Hawkins Anna E. 23 F NC 31 833 833 Garrison Wm. 24 M wagon maker NC 32 834 834 Duncan Charles 32 M carpenter NC 33 834 834 Duncan Sarah 31 F NC 34 834 834 Duncan James M. 13 M NC X 35 834 834 Duncan Mary E. 11 F NC X 36 834 834 Duncan Harrison 10 M NC X 37 834 834 Duncan Ellen 9 F NC X 38 834 834 Duncan Sarah A. 7 F NC X 39 834 834 Duncan Ephraim C. 5 M NC X 40 834 834 Duncan Nancy J. 4 F NC X 41 834 834 Duncan John 3 M NC 42 834 834 Duncan Infant 1/12 M NC CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE: North Carolina COUNTY: McDowell DIVISION: No. 54 REEL NO: M432-636 SHEET NO: 313A REFERENCE: Enumerated by Elisha C. Neal on 27 September 1850; PAGE NO: 624 ========================================================================================================================= LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB ========================================================================================================================= 1 835 835 Garvin Robert H. 36 M Sadler Tennessee 2 835 835 Garvin Rebecca 30 F NC 3 835 835 Garvin William 9 M NC X 4 835 835 Garvin Thomas 7 M NC X 5 835 835 Garvin Mary J. 4 F NC X 6 835 835 Garvin John S. 1 M NC 7 836 836 Suggs Wiley 29 M blacksmith NC 8 836 836 Suggs Angelina 24 F NC 9 836 836 Suggs Mary J. 7/12 NC 10 836 836 Williams Mary A. 18 F NC 11 836 836 Cook William 29 M blacksmith NC 12 836 836 Blanchard James 21 M blacksmith NC X 13 837 837 Burgin Alney Jr. 37 M s.c. clerk 50 NC 14 837 837 Burgin Drucilla 39 F NC 15 837 837 Burgin John M.D. 8 M NC X 16 837 837 Burgin George W. 6 M NC X 17 837 837 Burgin Sarah S. 5 F NC 18 837 837 Burgin Eliza L. 2 F NC 19 838 838 Elliott Elcana 39 M landlord 2,500 NC 20 838 838 Elliott Mary 37 F NC 21 838 838 Elliott Elizabeth 15 F NC X 22 838 838 Elliott Mary 12 F NC X 23 838 838 Elliott John 10 M NC X 24 838 838 Elliott William 8 M NC X 25 838 838 Elliott Margaret 6 F NC 26 838 838 Elliott Jane 4 F NC 27 838 838 Duncan Rachel 35 F NC 28 838 838 Brown John 17 M laborer NC 29 839 839 Jones Hiram 44 M laborer NC 30 839 839 Jones Julia 38 F NC 31 839 839 Jones Elisha 14 M NC X 32 839 839 Jones Caroline 12 F NC X 33 839 839 Jones Johnston 8 M NC X 34 839 839 Jones Ann 7 F NC X 35 839 839 Jones Nelson 4 M NC 36 840 840 Suggs George W. 37 M tanner 40 NC 37 840 840 Suggs Margaret 34 F NC X 38 840 840 Suggs James 13 M NC X 39 840 840 Suggs William 11 M NC X 40 840 840 Suggs Wiley 5 M NC 41 840 840 Suggs Martha 3 F NC 42 840 840 Mckinney Merrit 23 M NC CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE: North Carolina COUNTY: McDowell DIVISION: No. 54 REEL NO: M432-636 SHEET NO: 313B REFERENCE: Enumerated by Elisha C. Neal on 1 October 1850; PAGE NO: 625 ========================================================================================================================= LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB ========================================================================================================================= 1 841 841 Norton Nehemiah 48 M farmer South Carolina 2 841 841 Norton Eveline 39 F NC 3 841 841 Norton Emily 16 F NC X 4 841 841 Norton James 14 M NC X 5 841 841 Norton Louisa 11 F NC X 6 841 841 Norton Lucinda 9 F NC 7 842 842 Hicks Daniel 60 M farmer 625 NC 8 842 842 Hicks Elmira 19 F NC 9 842 842 Hicks Caroline 17 F NC 10 842 842 Hicks Elizabeth S. 15 F NC 11 843 843 Mcentire Rebecca 65 F NC 12 844 844 Medford Eli 32 M farmer 25 NC X 13 844 844 Medford Barbara E. 27 F NC X 14 844 844 Medford William 1 M NC 15 845 845 Alexander J.L. 29 M miller NC 16 845 845 Alexander Rosa 28 F NC X 17 845 845 Alexander James 7 M NC 18 845 845 Alexander Thomas 3 M NC 19 845 845 Alexander John 1 M NC 20 846 846 Conley Joseph 49 M county trustee 16,000 NC 21 846 846 Conley Matilda 42 F NC 22 846 846 Conley Caleb A. 21 M farmer NC 23 846 846 Conley C. Augustus 19 M school teacher NC 24 846 846 Conley Hannah Jane 17 F NC 25 846 846 Conley John 13 M NC X 26 846 846 Conley Joseph 10 M NC X 27 846 846 Conley Mary Ann 8 F NC X 28 846 846 Conley Henry Clay 6 M NC 29 846 846 Conley Sarah M. 2 F NC 30 846 846 Conley Jane 95 F Virginia 31 847 847 Epps John 58 M farmer NC 32 847 847 Epps Elizabeth 50 F NC X 33 847 847 Epps Thomas P. 21 M student NC 34 847 847 Epps Anna E. 18 F NC 35 847 847 Epps John 16 M farmer NC 36 847 847 Epps George W. 13 M NC 37 847 847 Bailey Sarah 18 F NC 38 848 848 Poteet Lawson 29 M distiller NC 39 848 848 Poteet Sophronia 25 F NC 40 848 848 Poteet Elizabeth 9 F NC X 41 848 848 Poteet Elrod 7 M NC X 42 849 849 Parker John 40 M farmer 800 NC CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE: North Carolina COUNTY: McDowell DIVISION: No. 54 REEL NO: M432-636 SHEET NO: 314A REFERENCE: Enumerated by Elisha C. Neal on 4 October 1850; PAGE NO: 626 ========================================================================================================================= LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB ========================================================================================================================= 1 849 849 Parker Jane 43 F NC X 2 849 849 Parker William 21 M farmer NC 3 849 849 Parker Elisha 19 M farmer NC 4 849 849 Parker Lottie 17 F NC 5 849 849 Parker Mary 14 F NC 6 849 849 Parker Micajah 12 M NC 7 849 849 Parker Elijah 8 M NC 8 849 849 Parker Nancey 6 F NC 9 849 849 Parker Jane 3 F NC 10 849 849 Parker John 5/12 M NC 11 850 850 Solman Zach 24 M laborer 12 850 850 Solman Isabella 24 F NC X 13 850 850 Mckey Martha 70 F Pennsylvania X 14 851 851 Silvey David 23 M laborer NC X 15 851 851 Silvey Nancey 24 F NC 16 851 851 Silvey Eliza E. 2 F NC 17 851 851 Silvey Harriet R. 5/12 F NC 18 852 852 Turner Fanny 64 F South Carolina X 19 852 852 Turner Wilson 32 M farmer South Carolina X 20 852 852 Turner Polly 23 F South Carolina X 21 852 852 Turner Samuel 1 M NC 22 852 852 Mcentire Susan 20 F NC 23 852 852 Mcentire Sarah J. 8/12 F NC 24 852 852 Turner Sally 11 F NC 25 853 853 Turner Sukey 32 F South Carolina X 26 853 853 Turner Noah 12 M NC 27 853 853 Turner Margaret 9 F NC 28 854 854 Parker Charity 50 F Virginia X 29 854 854 Parker Cordelia 22 F M NC X 30 854 854 Parker Matilda 12 F M NC 31 854 854 Parker Mary E. 3 F M NC 32 854 854 Parker Emily 6/12 F M NC 33 854 854 Moss Nancey 48 F Virginia X 34 855 855 Hoyle Levi 25 M farmer NC 35 855 855 Hoyle Mary 23 F NC 36 855 855 Hoyle Michael 26 M distiller NC 37 855 855 Weaver James 24 M miner NC 38 855 855 Mitchel John 22 M laborer NC 39 855 855 Patton John K. 50 M carpenter Ireland 40 855 855 Spears William 10 M NC 41 856 856 Herring Susan 33 F NC 42 856 856 Herring Elizabeth 4 F NC 999 9999 9999 N.S. N.N. CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE: North Carolina COUNTY: McDowell DIVISION: No. 54 REEL NO: M432-636 SHEET NO: 314B REFERENCE: Enumerated by Elisha C. Neal on 4 October 1850; PAGE NO: 627 ========================================================================================================================= LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB ========================================================================================================================= 1 857 857 Herring Nelly 52 F 100 NC 2 857 857 Irwin David 19 M laborer NC 3 857 857 Hoover Michael 21 M laborer NC 4 858 858 Lackey Nancey 32 F NC 5 858 858 Lackey James 12 M NC 6 858 858 Lackey William 9 M NC 7 858 858 Lackey Jane 6 F NC 8 858 858 Lackey Polly 3 F NC 9 858 858 Lackey Martha 1 F NC 10 859 859 Moore Babel 53 M farmer 2,100 NC 11 859 859 Moore Nancey 43 F NC 12 859 859 Moore William L. 22 M school teacher NC 13 859 859 Moore James J. 20 M farmer NC 14 859 859 Moore Charles M. 18 M farmer NC X 15 859 859 Moore Jacob S. 16 M farmer NC X 16 859 859 Moore Mary A. 14 F NC X 17 859 859 Moore Jasper B. 12 M NC X 18 859 859 Moore Joseph A. 10 M NC X 19 859 859 Moore Nancey R. 8 F NC X 20 859 859 Moore Margaret S. 6 F NC 21 859 859 Moore Zilpha 2 F NC 22 860 860 Dobson George W. 32 M farmer 1,300 NC 23 860 860 Dobson Catharine 34 F NC 24 860 860 Dobson J. Simianer 4 M NC 25 860 860 Dobson Charity R. 2 F NC 26 860 860 Swann John 30 M laborer NC 27 860 860 Bird Abner 50 M NC REMARKS: Abner Bird is listed as a "pauper" in column 13. 28 860 860 Cook James 23 M NC REMARKS: James Cook is listed as a "pauper" in column 13. 29 * * N.S. N.N. REMARKS: Lines 25 - 35 left blank. (Add note here) 30 * * N.S. N.N. REMARKS: Add Note to Bottom. Written diagnally across several rows: "If Cols are 2+ take off 1 M + 1 f - 20Y" 119 22 ------- 238 476 ------- 4998 17 ------- 4984 Line 34 State of North Carolina McDowell County I Elisha C. Neal Assistant Marshall for the County & State aforesaid, swear on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God That the foregoing Returns of the Free Inhabitants in McDowell County are correct and True & were made according to my oath and Instructions to the best of my Knowledge & belief. Signed and sworn to this 6th of November 1850 Before Me VIS Dorset JP