Madison, MO 1830  Federal Census
Transcriber's Notes

This census was transcribed by Dorothy Oberhausen, Doberha152@aol.com, 
and proofread by Dan "Eagle Eye" Oberhausen, at the same email address,  
for the USGENWEB Census Project, http://www.us-census.org.

Copyright (c) 2000 by Dorothy Oberhausen.

This transcription of the 1830 Madison County, Missouri Federal census was 
taken from a diazo microfilm, National Archives number M19-73.

This is the first Federal census of Madison County.  It was performed by 
Moses Cox, who was one of the trustees of Fredericktown, the county seat, 
when it was organized in 1827.  He was a county court judge for the 1831 
and 1832 term and owner of one of the first stores in Fredericktown.  

Mr. Cox wrote in a firm legible script with a fine ink that has not faded.  
No dates are recorded on the census.  Running totals for each of the 
59 columns for each individual in each township are kept at the top and 
bottom of each page and they are recapitulated at the end.  
And following that is an overall list for the townships:

     St. Michael Township
           Frederick Town            129
           St. Michael Village        35
           St. Michael Township      901
     Castor Township                 586
     Twelve Mile Township            176
     Liberty Township                238
     German Township                 306 
                                                
                                    2371

Mr. Cox used a whole row to record the division of one township from the next; 
these breaks are recorded in the "Remarks" column at the extreme right end of 
this transcription as are the hand written page numbers.