1880 Federal Census of Washington County, North Carolina

Description of Census Columns


Some of the titles of the columns have been shorten. For additional information check the section titled "Description". To make this census easier to read, blank census entries were replaced with a dash "-" and the census affirmative mark "/" was replaced by a "y", except for the civil conditions, the letters S, M, W, D, Y have been used for single, married, widowed, divorced, and married within census year. A complete discription of each column of the census is provided below:

COLUMN DESCRIPTION
1 Dwelling houses numbered in order of visitation
2 Families numbered in order of visitation
3 The name of each person whose place of abode, on 1st day of June, 1880 was in this family.
4 - 6 Personal Description:
4 Color - White, W; Black, B; Mulatto, Mu; Chinese, C; Indian, I.
5 Sex - Male, M; Female, F.
6 Age at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880. If under 1 year, give months in fractions, thus 1/12.
7 If born within the census year, give the census month.
8 Relationship of each person to the head of this family-whether wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder, or other.
9 - 12 Civil Conditions:
9 Single, "/"
10 Married, "/"
11 Widowed, "/"; Divorced, D.
12 Married during census year, "/".
13 - 14 Occupation:
13 Profession, Occupation or Trade of each person, male or female.
14 Number of months this person has been unemployed during hte Census year.
15 - 20 Health:
15 Is the person [on the day of the Enumerator's visit] sick or temporarily disabled so as to be unable to attend to ordinary business or duties? If so, what is the sickness or disability.
16 Blind, "/"
17 Deaf and Dumb, "/"
18 Idiotic, "/"
19 Insane, "/"
20 Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden, or otherwise disabled, "/"
21 - 23 Education:
21 Attended school with the Census year, "/"
22 Cannot read, "/"
23 Cannot write, "/".
24 - 26 Nativity:
24 Place of Birth of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth.
25 Place of Birth of Father of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth.
26 Place of Birth of Mother of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth.


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Updated September 7, 2000
Gordon L. Basnight
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