D'Ann,
I understand your frustrations I have had the same problem with the 1850 &
1870 Census of Texas also. I have come to believe that so many boundery
lines changings as well as people trying to make a living after the Civil
War that they stayed on the move all around the county that the census taker
did not make a big effort to find out why this house or that house was
empty. Texas did not have the affects of the war like Mississippi did so
would assume they were trying harder to keep food in the mouths of the
family probably did lots of what was called share cropping and were
constantly on the move when crops were being gathered trying to pick up an
extra job. Also in the 1870 lots of people seem to have left Cass Co to do
this and were back in the same spot by the 1880 Census. Which is what may
have happen to this family be sure to check households that were suppose to
be all black. Have see some of them that contained whites also. Because they
had to have a place to stay while traveling and gathering crops.
This is just some things for you to think about while doing you search. No
need to reply to the message. Hope it helps you some.
Josephine
----- Original Message -----
From: <DAStoddard(a)aol.com>
To: <CHAMBLEE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 12:11 PM
Subject: [CHAMBLEE LIST] John David Chamblee and MS in the Civil War
I have been musing over the problems post-Civil War in MS that might affect
census enumerations. Is anyone well versed in the battled and happenings in
Mississippi during the Civil War so they can educate me? I'm not a Civil War
buff or historian, but always rely on you Southern cousins for that. If
desperate, I will actually do the right thing--consult a history book.
I was trying to find John David Chamblee 1804-1877 (son of Lewis Chamblee)
in
the Leake Co MS 1870 census, but alas, I can't seem to find his household.
In
1880 his second wife, "Darcas" is living with her daughter Arminta Earnest
Chamblee (Hunt) in Leake Co MS as John had already died by that time.
John David Chamblee died in Leake Co in 1877, was on the 1850, 1860 censuses
there. Thus, John David Chamblee and family had a long history of being and
staying in Leake Co MS before and after the Civil War.
The 1870 census is the hardest one to locate people. There are WAY too many
missing the hundreds of individuals I have looked for in the 1870. After the
Civil War there was alot of shifting and movement of peoples. I also
believed
alot of people were left off that census (missed). Recently I compared a
township in 1860 against one in 1870 and there was almost a complete
turnover
of people. The struggles and hardships must have been so profound.
--DS
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