Madison, MO 1850 Federal Census (Transcriber's Notes) This Census was transcribed by Dorothy Oberhausen and proofread by Allison Abram-Sheldon for the USGenWeb Archives Census Project, http://www.usgwarchives.net/census. Copyright 1999 by Dorothy Oberhausen ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES CENSUS 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ************************************************************************ The first five pages of the census, pages 195B through 197B, list the inhabitants as being in District 54. After that the district/township is left blank. The pages are not in date sequence. The dates start in September of 1850 and proceed into October, but then go back to August. Subsequent portions are dated August, September, October, November and December, but not in that sequence. Dwelling and family numbers should not be trusted. They were recorded with a different ink and pen, probably at a later date. Whether or not they were entered by the enumerator, Peter R. Pratte, is not known. Some numbers have been scratched out or erasure attempted. Pages 239B and 241B list young children as head of household with four month old Martha Love as head of household 641. On page 257B, starting on line 21, are entries that the enumerator, Mr. Pratte, listed as a "Boarding House". This was, most likely, Arcadia College which was run by the Methodist circuit rider/preacher Jerome C. Berryman. The school was located in the town of Arcadia, then in western Madison County, but now in Iron County. Researchers should be aware that 1850 Madison County, Missouri was almost half again as large as it is today, included parts of Iron and Bollinger counties and extended west another ten miles.