1850 Census of Wake County, NC p.137a
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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:  Wake Forest District  REEL NO:  M432-647  PAGE NO:  137a
REFERENCE:  Enumerated on the 22nd 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   564  564 Evans          Green          30   M    B    Servant                  No. Carolina                  X
                   REMARKS:  Handwritten page # 273;  Read/Write contains a 3
 2   564  564 Evans          Susan          27   F    B                             Virginia
 3   564  564 Rochell        Rebecca        44   F    M                             No. Carolina
 4   564  564 Harris         Mary           10   F    B                             No. Carolina
 5   564  564 Harris         Simon          8    M    B                             No. Carolina
 6   565  565 Higwood        Hugh           31   M         Tailor         500       No. Carolina                  X
                   REMARKS:  Read/Write contains a 2
 7   565  565 Higwood        Rebecca        24   F                                  No. Carolina
 8   565  565 Higwood        Mary           2    F                                  No. Carolina
 9   565  565 Higwood        Rebecca        7/12 F                                  No. Carolina
                   REMARKS:  Two Rebecca's enumerated in this dwelling
 10  565  565 Vaughn         Mary M.        26   F                                  No. Carolina
 11  565  565 Vaughn         Dilly          22   F                                  No. Carolina
 12  565  565 Raibourn       Henry          20   M         Farmer                   No. Carolina
 13  566  566 Puryfy         James S.       37   M         Merchant       8,885     No. Carolina            X
                   REMARKS:  Att Sch contains a 5
 14  566  566 Puryfy         Mary           36   F                                  No. Carolina
 15  566  566 Puryfy         John           13   M                                  No. Carolina
 16  566  566 Puryfy         Isabella       9    F                                  No. Carolina
 17  566  566 Puryfy         Emma           11   F                                  No. Carolina
 18  566  566 Puryfy         Edgar          6    M                                  No. Carolina
 19  566  566 Vaughn         Harris         20   M         Carpenter                No. Carolina
 20  566  566 Parks          Perry          21   M    M    none                     No. Carolina
 21  567  567 Ligon          Richard        30   M         Grocer                   No. Carolina
 22  567  567 Ligon          Martha         21   F                                  No. Carolina
 23  568  568 King           F. G.          38   M         Tailor                   No. Carolina            X
                   REMARKS:  Att Sch contains a 2
 24  568  568 King           Mary           35   F                                  No. Carolina
 25  568  568 King           James          9    M                                  No. Carolina
 26  568  568 King           Sally          8    F                                  No. Carolina
 27  568  568 King           Mary T.        6    F                                  No. Carolina
 28  568  568 King           John           5    M                                  No. Carolina
 29  568  568 King           William        1    M                                  No. Carolina
 30  568  568 King           Elizabeth      1/12 F                                  No. Carolina
 31  569  569 Pace           James          35   M         Farmer                   No. Carolina            X     X
                   REMARKS:  Att Sch contains a 1; Read/Write contains a 1
 32  569  569 Pace           Allice         27   F                                  No. Carolina
 33  569  569 Pace           Robert         10   M                                  No. Carolina
 34  569  569 Pace           Henry          5    M                                  No. Carolina
 35  569  569 Pace           Thomas W.      4    M                                  No. Carolina
 36  569  569 Pace           Columbia       2    F                                  No. Carolina
 37  570  570 Calif**        Emily          30   F                                  No. Carolina
                   REMARKS:  Surname may be either Califor or Califon
 38  570  570 Calif**        John           11   M                                  No. Carolina
 39  570  570 Calif**        William H.     10   M                                  No. Carolina
 40  570  570 Calif**        George W.      7    M                                  No. Carolina
 41  570  570 Calif**        Elinor*        U    F                                  No. Carolina
                   REMARKS:  Age unrecognizable, may be 3 or 5; Line 42 blank


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