Madison Parish Louisiana - Seventh Census: 1850

Submitted by Richard P. Sevier dicksevier@comcast.net 12/23/99 – revised September 2004

The 1850 census images are stored two images per page shown (1) by the page number - right hand (front) page and (2) by the page number followed by an "a" which is actually the reverse side of the previous right-hand page. These are reproductions of the actual census ledgers and are good quality. If you haven’t already done so, locate the person in question on the 1850 Census Index. Then go to the page listed. If the person is not listed on that page, go to the other image on that page (e.g. 0367 to 0367a.) To enlarge the image click on the enlargement button or right-click the image and “zoom in.”

This edition of the census was revised to include everyone in the parish; not just those age 20 or older. As a consequence the index has almost doubled in size. It also now includes the household number, which is useful to place people with the same family name into the correct family group.

The seventh census of the United Stares lists information that should reflect living status on June 1, 1850 (Census Day). There were separate slave schedules.

Information recorded:

· Village, town, city, township, or district

· County (Parish)

· Page Number

· State

· Date

· Name of enumerator

· Dwelling or house number (not an address)

· Family Number (Note: Dwelling and family numbers differ because a dwelling may have housed multiple families.)

· Name of every person whose place of abode on June I, 1850 was in this household

· Age

· Sex

· Color

· Profession, occupation, or trade of each male person over 15 years of age

· Value of real estate

· Place of birth

· Married within the year

· Attended school within the year

· Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read or write

· Whether person was deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, a pauper, or a convict