A-D. Location, date
 
1. Dwelling or house number and family number
 
2. Person's name
 
3-8. Personal information
 

1850 Federal Population Schedule
Column headings

A. Village, town, city, township, district, ward, etc.
B. County
C. State
D. Date
1. Dwelling or house number
2. Family number
3. Name of every person whose place of abode on the first of June 1850 was in this family
4. Age
5. Sex
6. Color
7. Profession, occupation, or trade of each male person over 15 years of age
8. Value of real estate
9. Place of birth
10. Married within the year
11. Attended school within the year
12. Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read and write
13. Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict
1850 Federal Census
 
The seventh census of the United States took place on June 1, 1850.

These 1850 census records have been destroyed or lost:

  • California: the counties of Contra Costa, San Francisco, and Santa Clara.
  • South Carolina: the county of Clarendon District.
There are published indexes for these states:
  • Alabama
  • Arizona (with New Mexico)
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • District of Columbia
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • New Hampshire
  • New Mexico
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Wisconsin

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