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Surnames: Box
Classification: Query
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Here is what I found.
FLOYD COUNTY
Box, John 54 Steamboat ?(unreadable)Real Estate $6000 Personal $500 Born in Tennessee
Elizabeth 41 Keeping house Born in Indiana
Moses 7 Adopted Born in Arkansas
John S 5 Adopted Born in Arkansas
(I thought this was interesting that they noted that they were adopted children. I have
not seen this type of note before in a census.)
LAWRENCE COUNTY
Box, James W 33 Blacksmith Real Estate $300 Personal $200 Born in Indiana
Louisa 31 Keeping house Born in Indiana
Thomas 12 At home Born in Indiana
Florence 9 At home Born in Indiana
John 6 At home Born in Indiana
Amanda 3 At home Born in Indiana
Homer 10/12 At home Born in Indiana
Baren, Mary 54 at home Born in Indiana
Box, John W 27 Farmer Real Estate $400 Personal $800 Born in Indiana
Wife’s name not clear looks like H_____ter 20 Keeps house Born in Indiana
Wm Henry 1 At home Born in Indiana
Box Thos J 34 works farm Personal $600 Born in Indiana
Sarah A 30 Keeping house Place of birth not clear DO probably Indiana
Emily G 11 at home Born in DO
Daisy (?) M 3 at home Born in DO
Wm H 2/12 at home Born in DO
I am sorry I don’t know what the DO means but must mean same as Father which would be
Indiana
There are also 3 Box families in Knox Co and one in Carroll County. Are you interested?
Regards,
Jafra