Census Key: Agriculture
1860 U.S. Census: Agriculture Schedules for HadleyTownship, Pike County, Illinois
This census taker forms his capital J’s and I’s identically. In first and last names, it is usually apparent which is correct, but middle initials are impossible to determine. Rather than enter “J. or I.” each time this occurs, we have used the more common “J.” Researchers should be aware that any middle initial given here as J could be I.
| Original Enumerator’s Schedule |
New Philadelphia Project Database Field |
Explanation |
| ID |
Each record (one person) has a consecutive number. |
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| Page No. |
Page |
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| Post Office |
PostOffice |
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| Dwelling-houses numbered in the order of visitation |
Dwelling |
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| Families numbered in the order of visitation |
Family |
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| The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June, 1860, was in this family. |
FirstName |
Names are as the enumerator spelled them. Sic is used rarely. See Comments field for alternative surnames. |
| LastName |
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| Description: Age |
Age |
Age in years. For children under 1, we entered 0. |
| AgeMos |
For children under 1, their age in months. |
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| Description: Sex |
Sex |
m = male; f = female |
| Description: Color {white, black or mulatto |
Color |
w = white; b = black; m = mulatto |
| Profession, occupation, or trade of each person, male and female, over 15 years of age |
Occupation |
Spelling is corrected. |
| Value of estate owned: Value of real estate |
RealEstate |
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| Value of estate owned: Value of Personal property |
PersonalProperty |
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| Place of birth, naming the state, territory or country |
PlaceOfBirth |
We use standard USPS abbreviations for states. Foreign countries are written out in full. Spelling is corrected. |
| Married within the year |
MarriedInYear |
✓= yes |
| Attended school within the year |
School |
✓= yes |
| Person over 20 years of age who cannot read & write |
Illiterate |
✓= cannot read & write |
| Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict |
DeafEtc |
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| AgSched |
✓= This farmer is listed on the 1860 agriculture schedule. |
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| Comments |
(Alternate surname spellings found in 1850-80 censuses for Hadley Tp.) Discrepancies between names on this population schedule and the 1860 agriculture schedule. Problems encountered in reading the enumerator’s handwriting. |