1850 Federal Census Hendricks County, Indiana (Transcriber's Notes) This Census was transcribed by Meredith Thompson and proofread by Charlotte Holloway for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright 2001 by Meredith Thompson ************************************************************************ 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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The complete original, handwritten census of this county is available in book form (including a typed index) from S-K Publications, PO Box 8173, Wichita KS 67208 (www.skpub.com/genie/census.html). ************************************************************************ NOTE: For more information on Hendricks County, Indiana, Please visit the Hendricks County, INGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~inhendri/ ************************************************************************ Formatted by Maggie Stewart December 2001 ************************************************************************ I would like to thank Candy Smothers for volunteering to proofread initially, and special thanks to Charlotte Holloway , for stepping in to proofread at short notice.---Meredith Thompson, transcriber From page 81B--Recapitulation: # Dwellings # Families Townships # Males # Females # Colored Persons # Farmers # Other Professions Value of Real Estate # born in IN # born in other states # born Foreigners # Married # Attended School # Can't Read & Write # Idiotic #Blind 135 138 Liberty (West Half) 436 373 - 179 71 179365 405 370 34 4 193 83 1 - 137 142 Franklin 469 420 - 185 57 160080 491 394 4 12 252 100 4 149 150 Clay 477 433 9 183 83 192100 518 353 39 12 236 65 - - 149 149 Center (West Half) 443 421 4 160 65 226600 459 404 1 10 212 31 - - 109 109 Middle (West Half) 354 342 - 173 6 95400 413 282 1 2 157 69 2 - 231 232 Eelriver 701 646 - 316 37 239950 812 535 - 18 340 109 1 1 225 225 Marion 654 615 - 302 28 239855 659 607 3 4 280 99 1 - Totals: 1135 dwellings, 1145 families, 3534 total males + 3250 total females = 6784, 13 colored persons, 1462 farmers + 147 other professions = 1609 males over age 15, $1,333,350 real estate value, 3737 born in IN, 2945 born in other states, 82 born foreigners, 62 married within the year, 1670 attended school, 556 can't read & write, 9 Idiotic, 1 Blind From page 82A-82B: Liberty Township # dwellings 135 # families 138 # white males 435 # white females 374 # total 809 # deaths none # farms 93 # pro esttts. None Franklin Township # dwellings 137 # families 142 # white males 470 # white females 419 # deaths none # farms 41 # pro esttts. None Clay Township # dwellings 148 # families 149 # white males 482 # white females 419 # colored males 5 # colored females 4 # total 910 # deaths none # pro esttts. None Center Township # dwellings 149 # families 149 # white males 442 # white females 418 # colored males 2 # colored females 2 # total 864 # deaths none # farms 69 # pro estts. None Middle Township # dwellings 109 # families 109 # white males 353 # white females 343 # total 696 # deaths none # farms 84 Eel River Township # dwellings 231 # families 232 # white males 698 # white females 648 # total 1346 # deaths none # farms 142 # pro estts. None Marion Township # dwellings 225 # families 225 # white males 654 # white females 616 # total 1270 # deaths none # farms 160 # pro estts. None From page 170B--Recapitulation East Half of Hendricks County: # Dwellings # Families Townships # Males # Females # Colored Persons # Farmers # Other Professions Value of Real Estate # born in IN # born in other states # born Foreigners # Married # Attended School # Can't Read & Write # Idiotic #Deaf & Dumb #Blind # Pauper 199 203 Liberty (East Half) 606 540 -- 180 149 175874 576 432 138 16 248 124 5 - 1 - 239 242 Guilford 676 673 10 225 98 331911 773 551 25 19 350 89 - 2 - - 252 252 Washington 746 691 11 311 103 271201 728 609 100 15 305 180 2 - - - 155 158 Center (East Half) 461 450 2 175 64 149344 495 413 3 8 126 98 2 - 2 4 165 166 Middle (East Half) 507 473 - 104 35 112699 534 436 10 13 250 115 4 4 - - 250 251 Brown 751 718 - 284 98 190985 836 615 19 18 287 171 1 5 2 - Totals: 1260 dwellings, 1272 families, 3748 males + 3545 females = 7293, 23 colored persons, 1279 farmers + 547 other professions = 1826 persons over 15 years of age, 1,231,974 value of real estate, 3942 born in IN + 3056 born in other states + 295 born foreigners = 7293 total, 89 married within the year, 1566 attended school, 777 can't read & write, 14 Idiotic, 11 Deaf & Dumb, 5 Blind, 4 Pauper.