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Census: 1850 Federal Census: Mill Creek Township, Mercer County, PA
Copyright © 1997 by Richard S. Winder. This copy contributed for use in
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Mercer County
1850 Census
MILL CREEK TOWNSHIP
The following 1850 census transcription for Mill Creek Township,
Mercer County, Pennsylvania was contributed by Richard S. Winder.
He has made this transcription freely available to all
Mercer County researchers. However, he still retains all rights to
this compilation and he should be contacted before any non-private
use of this work. You can search for surnames using the Find button
on your browser. An everyname index is now available.
Population Schedules of the 7th Census of the United States, 1850
Record Group 29, Records of the Bureau of the Census, M432, Seventh
Census of the U.S., Roll 796
Pennsylvania, Mercer County
United States National Archives, Washington D.C. 1964
Mill Creek Township
Mill Creek Township, July 31 - Aug. 7, enumerated by R. Henderson
Transcription by Richard S. Winder
© 1997 Richard S. Winder, 5614 Woodlands Rd., Sooke, British
Columbia, V0S 1N0, Canada
This transcript may be shared as long as this copyright notice
remains in place.
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Each schedule header shows information in the following order:
1. Schedule number for township/borough (1 schedule per microfilm
frame)
2. Frame locator number (Reference numbers on edge of microfilm -
they are approximate and do not correspond 1/frame)
3. Date of enumeration
The entries in this transcript show information in the following
order:
1. Approximate Line number on the schedule (usually, there are 42
lines per schedule)
2. Dwelling number for township, in order of visitation
3. Family number for township, in order of visitation
4. Name (Name of family member since June, 1850, with head of
household listed first)
5. Age (m = months, originally shown as twelfth fractions of a
year)
6. Sex
7. Race (According to the schedules, B = Black, M = Mulatto, W =
White. Most were left as a blank, probably meaning W)
8. Occupation of males 16 and over
9. Value of property in $
10. Birthplace (Pa. = Pennsylvania)
11. Note (See codes below)
Codes for notes section:
A = Art (a child, possibly Ths., drew a rather interesting face on
this part of the schedule).
B = Blind
C = Corrected family and dwelling number
D = Deaf
Dd = Deaf and dumb
E = Adults that cannot read or write English
I = "Idiot" or "Idiotic" (enumerator's term)
In = Insane
M = Married within last year
Mp = Married in PA
P = "Pauper"
Nc = "Non. Com." (Non-communicative?)
Oo = Family number out of order on schedule
Ov = Overlapped numbering error, noted by letters after numbers.
S = Attended School within last year
T = Twin
W = Widow (recorded as a "W" next to the name)
*Dw = Dwelling no. corrected from this point down
*V = Visit no. out of order, corrected from this point down to
prevent overlap conflicts
Number of individuals listed: 839
Notes: Numbering for Mill Creek Tp. began on line 9 with dwelling
184, family 184. Schedule 40, Sandy Creek Twp. (frame 534) begins
with the heading Mill Creek Twp., but no other explanation or
correction. For the purposes of this transcript, that heading is
discounted and the information remains with Sandy Creek Twp.
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Schedule No. 1, Frame No. 450, Enumeration Date 31 Jul 1850
Schedule No. 5, Frame No. 454, Enumeration Date 01 Aug 1850
3 211 214 CANON, John 40 M Farmer 1000 Pa.
4 211 214 CANON, Nancy 35 F Pa. E
5 211 214 CANON, William 19 M Labourer Pa. S
6 211 214 CANON, John 17 M Ohio S
7 211 214 CANON, Sarah 15 F Ohio S
8 211 214 CANON, Ellen 12 F Ohio S
9 211 214 CANON, Polly 7 F Ohio S
10 211 214 CANON, Lovina 4 F Ohio S
11 211 214 CANON, Wesley 2 M Pa.
12 211 214 CANON, Elizabeth 1m F Pa.
Schedule No. 18, Frame No. 469, Enumeration Date 07 Aug 1850
19 307 310 CANNON, Robert 35 M Farmer 800 Pa.
20 307 310 CANNON, Catharine 29 F Pa.
21 307 310 CANNON, Jane 8 F Pa. S
22 307 310 CANNON, John 6 M Pa. S
23 307 310 CANNON, Thomas 4 M Pa. S
24 307 310 CANNON, Ester 1 F Pa.
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End of 1850 Census for Mill Creek Township