1850 Census of Wake County, NC p.117b
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Abstracted by Jason Bray, ©1999 from the National Archives and Records Administration Federal Population Schedules for the 7th Census of the United States in 1850.

Submitted by Jason Bray, 5/24/1999. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded.


This is the 1850 federal census for Wake County, NC.

LN = Line Number Family appeared on
HN = Dwelling houses numbered in the order of visitation
FN = Families numbered in the order of visitation
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME = The Name of every Person whose usual place of abode on the 1st day of June, 1850, was in this family
RACE = Color (white, black or mulatto)
OCCUP. = Profession, Occupation,or Trade of each Male over 15 years of age
VAL. = Value of Real Estate owned
BIRTHPLACE = Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country
MRD. = Married within the year
SCH. = Attended School within the year
R/W = Persons over 21 yrs of age who cannot read & write
DDB = Whether deaf & dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict.

CENSUS YR:  1850  STATE or TERRITORY:  NC  COUNTY:  WAKE  DIVISION:  St. Mathew's District  REEL NO:  M432-647  PAGE NO:  117b
REFERENCE:  Enumerated on the 7th of August, 1850 by H. H. Harris
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 LN  HN   FN  LAST NAME      FIRST NAME     AGE SEX  RACE  OCCUP.         VAL.      BIRTHPLACE       MRD.  SCH.  R/W  DDB
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 1   286  286 Knight         Helen          18   F                                  No. Carolina
                   REMARKS:  Handwritten page # 234
 2   286  286 Jackson        James          25   M         School-master            No. Carolina
 3   287  287 Strickland     Wm. G.         41   M         Farmer         3,000     No. Carolina            X
                   REMARKS:  Att School contains a 3
 4   287  287 Strickland     Sophia         40   F                                  No. Carolina
 5   287  287 Strickland     Nathan P.      20   M         Farmer                   No. Carolina
 6   287  287 Strickland     Wm. G.         16   M         Farmer                   No. Carolina
                   REMARKS:  Two William G.'s enumerated in this dwelling
 7   287  287 Strickland     Rufus          7    M                                  No. Carolina
 8   287  287 Strickland     Tabitha        4    F                                  No. Carolina
 9   287  287 Drummond       Letha          25   F                                  No. Carolina
 10  288  288 Moonyham       Mathew         32   M         Farmer                   No. Carolina                  X
                   REMARKS:  Read/Write contains a 2
 11  288  288 Moonyham       Martha         30   F                                  No. Carolina
 12  288  288 Moonyham       Gaston         12   M                                  No. Carolina
 13  288  288 Moonyham       Paschal        10   M                                  No. Carolina
 14  288  288 Moonyham       Catherine      8    F                                  No. Carolina
 15  288  288 Moonyham       John           6*   M                                  No. Carolina
 16  288  288 Moonyham       Addison        3    M                                  No. Carolina
 17  289  289 Norwood        Eliza          40   F                        2,250     No. Carolina      X     X
                   REMARKS:  Marr contains a 1; Att Sch contains a 2
 18  289  289 Norwood        John           18   M         Farmer                   No. Carolina
 19  289  289 Norwood        Clara          15   F                                  No. Carolina
 20  289  289 Norwood        Joseph         13   M                                  No. Carolina
 21  289  289 Norwood        James          13   M                                  No. Carolina
                   REMARKS:  Joseph & James enumerated as twins
 22  289  289 Norwood        Thomas         12   M                                  No. Carolina
 23  289  289 Norwood        Mary           9    F                                  No. Carolina
 24  289  289 Norwood        Martha         7    F                                  No. Carolina
 25  290  290 Jones          Alpheus        30   M         Lawyer & Farmer 4,578    No. Carolina
 26  290  290 Jones          Elizabeth      18   F                                  No. Carolina
 27  290  290 Jones          Nancy P.       7/12 F                                  No. Carolina
 28  291  291 Medlin         Turner         35   M         Over-see-er              No. Carolina            X     X
                   REMARKS:  Att Sch contains a 2; Read/Write contains a 2
 29  291  291 Medlin         Martha         35   F                                  No. Carolina
 30  291  291 Medlin         Emily          15   F                                  No. Carolina
 31  291  291 Medlin         Nancy          14   F                                  No. Carolina
 32  291  291 Medlin         Cornelia       11   F                                  No. Carolina
 33  291  291 Medlin         Thomas         10   M                                  No. Carolina
 34  291  291 Medlin         Elizabeth      9    F                                  No. Carolina
 35  291  291 Medlin         W. A.          6    M                                  No. Carolina
 36  291  291 Medlin         Erastus H.     4    M                                  No. Carolina
 37  291  291 Medlin         Mary           1    F                                  No. Carolina
 38  291  291 Medlin         Winifred       1/12 F                                  No. Carolina
 39  292  292 Smith          Susan          82   F                                  No. Carolina      X                X
                   REMARKS:  Marr contains a 1; Deaf/Dumb column has BLIND
 40  292  292 Smith          Mary           25   F                                  No. Carolina
 41  292  292 Smith          Polly          50   F                                  No. Carolina
                   REMARKS:  Line 42 left blank


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