Union, IL 1850 Federal Census TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES 1. If a question arises regarding the accuracy of any entry in the transcription, it is recommended that the reader make his or her own determination by examining firsthand the entry on the microfilm roll. 2. An asterisk (*) indicates illegibility. In one instance, on page 228b, an asterisk was used to indicate that a surname was not entered. 3. "U" in the AGE column indicates that an age was undeterminable. 4. PAGE ARRANGEMENT. Handwritten pages 433, 436, 435, 434 and 437 should be read in that order. 5. DWELLING AND FAMILY NUMBERS. Several were skipped, duplicated or otherwise incorrect. 6. SURNAMES. Surnames may appear on the census spelled incorrectly or differently from the way the families spell them today (e.g., Boltzell/Baltzell, Cossey/Causey, Deshon/Dishon). The index should be checked for alternative spellings, taking into account that some surnames can be spelled with different initial letters (Jinnett/Ginnet, Caraker/Karracar, Auberts/Ouberts). a. In the census book the surname followed the first name and was usually written only once per household. Ditto marks were not used in the name column. To fill in the surname of a person listed in the census only by first name, the transcription generally uses the last surname entered above that person's name. b. On page 228b, line 31, the census did not supply a surname for "Isaac" and several members of his household. On the transcription and in the index the surname of these individuals is represented by an asterisk (*) for unknown. County marriage records suggest this Isaac was Isaac Miller. c. Listed at the beginning of the index along with Isaac's family are individuals whose surname had an illegible first letter. In the transcriber's opinion these surnames, by page number, could be: 170b Mastin and Elizabeth HARRIS; 236a Jane DAVIS; 193b McCOMMIN; 146a GRISSUM; 209b possibly HASKEY or WASKEY. d. It is believed the clerk carried over the wrong name to the top of page 184a, giving the individuals on lines 1 through 7 the name Dillow rather than the correct surname of Miller. These people appear as Millers in the 1860 census. e. The following capitalized names were judged to be middle names. The individual's last name was transcribed as the same as that of the head of the household. Sidney BREESE (or BRUSE) in the Davis household, page 194b, line 18. Hichaford ALBERT in the Sams household, page 203b, line 5. J. K. POKE, line 37 in the unnamed household on page 228b. f. The capitalized names below were transcribed as surnames but may have been middle names. The person's correct surname may have been the same as that of the head of the household in which he or she was found. * IRVIN, Melinda HAZLE, Samuel CARROLL, Susan CLEMENTINE, Daniel JAMES, and the John LEWIS on page 205b, line 39. 7. SEX. In several instances the sex indicated for a person did not agree with the first name. 8. COLOR. From the first page through page 161b "W" or a ditto mark was used when indicating White. Thereafter the whites received no mark in the Color column, the only marks entered being "B" for Black and "M" or a ditto for Mulatto. 9. BIRTHPLACE. Some state abbreviations may seem ambiguous. It is left to the reader to determine if "Mi." stands for Mississippi or Michigan, "Ia." for Indiana or Iowa, etc. 10. This entry on line 42 of page 219a was lined out: James Guthrie, 21, male, farmer, $500, KY 11. The handwriting of the census shows that two people wrote the entries. Twenty percent of the names were copied by John Cochran, judging by the handwriting in his certification on the last page. a. Cochran's final d could look like an a, n or u, the tail of which came up and back over it. b. A letter clearly formed as a small a, following a capital letter and before certain letters (m, n, u, s), may have been intended by the other clerk as an o (McCammin, Janas, Janes, Fauntain, Mases). His capital Z could be mistaken for a modern capital L. His final x resembled a t. 12. The last page of the census shows the following: I hereby certify that the foregoing census schedules were filled and made according [to] my instructions and oath of office as assistant marshal to the best of my knowledge and belief. There are 182 pages [of] free inhabitants. /s/John Cochran, Assistant Marshal Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of November, A.D. 1850. /s/Martin Collins, J.P. Pages 232 (This number would include other schedules besides the population schedule.) (Following statistics were entered Apr. 25, 1851, by a census examiner.) Dist. No. 2: Dwellings 1245 Families 1245 White males 3739, white females 3601, (total) 7340 Colored males 21, colored females 24, (total) 45 (Total of 7340 and 45 =) 7385 Deaths 81 Farms 810 Production establishments 21 Town of Jones(boro): Dwellings 40 Families 40 White Males 113, white females 117, (total) 230 (Grand total of population =) 7615 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This Census was transcribed by Andy Anderson and proofread by Jane Quirk for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.us-census.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~