At last! The fence posts are gone and the people have names and birthplaces.The 1850 census assigns each dwelling a number and each family a number within the town or township in the specified county. This little detail alone will sometimes help put family groups together. But there is more, much more. The 1850 census also includes the name, age, sex, and color of each member of the household. Other information included is: occupation; value of real estate; birthplace; whether married or attended school within the year; check marks for cannot read or write and whether a pauper or convict.
Tennessee - Schedules for all counties exist!
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