Hillsdale County, MI 1840 Federal Census This Census was transcribed by Judy Cozart and proofread by Jill Slade for the USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright (c) 1999 by Judy Cozart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRANSCRIBER's NOTES: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Hillsdale Co. 1840 census is on microfilm with Genesee and Ingham Counties. It is listed second and begins on page 31. The censuses were bound into books with two pages facing each other, and a page number was stamped in the upper right hand corner. The left page considered A and the right one B. This right hand page has the Employment information and School information. There are a total of 15 townships that were enumerated during the 1840 census year. If you look up your ancestors on the Hillsdale County, MI 1840 microfilm - - the employment, pensioners, and school information is on the page before the one that lists your family members. Instead of setting the pages together left and right at the beginning there was a mistake made. The first numbered page with the school information for Hillsdale County was set together with the end of Genesee County. Then the left hand of the first page with the Family Heads of Household was mistakenly set next in, sets of 2, with the next numbered page. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first 8 townships of Hillsdale County that were microfilmed and have the left and right pages out of sync are: Camden Twp. Reading Twp. Allen Twp. Litchfield Twp. Woodbridge Twp. (includes current western half of Amboy, Woodbridge and Cambria) Fayette Twp. (includes Fayette Twp. and what is now Hillsdale Twp.) Scipio Twp. Adams Twp. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The rest of the townships are: Wheatland Twp. Moscow Twp. Rowland Twp. (currently known as Ransom Twp. and the eastern half of Amboy) Somerset Twp. Pittsford Twp. Florida Twp. (currently Jefferson Twp.) Canaan Twp. (currently Wright Twp.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Judy Cozart, transcriber.