Sabine Parish, LA 1850 U.S. Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/la/sabine/1850/ This Census was transcribed by Marilyn Newman and proofread by Debbie Leenutaphong for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2012 by Marilyn Newman ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1850 CENSUS-DAY: June 1, 1850 MICROFILM #M432-239 STATE LOUISIANA PARISH SABINE =========================================================================== TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: Counties in Louisiana are called Parishes. All pages: Column C (Division) left blank. Top of all pages: Enumerator left blank "Free inhabitants in ____". Entire Column 6 for Color left blank. Lines 34-40 below: Transcriber did not place the tallies and codes in the transcription. Enumerator placed check marks in Column 9 beside all the Places of Birth except Louisiana. Enumerator wrote the total number of males under Line 42, Column 5; sometimes "L" for ladies. nd "f" beginning in Line 28, Column 13 as a heading for tallying gender. Enumerator used code-like dots in Column 13, beginning with line 30 as if tallying something. Enumerator used numbers instead of tic marks in Column 12 on Lines 29-40. Enumerator placed the total number of males and females in Column 13, Line 42 Enumerator wrote the total number of males under Line 42, Column 5; sometimes "L" for ladies. Enumerator used decimal numbers below Line 42, under Column 11; perhaps as high to low averages of years in school? Enumerator crossed out all "b" page numbers; appeared to be numbered backwards from "a" page numbers Enumerator was same person throughout entire census. J. H. Gallion Sometimes it's hard to tell if a name ends in a "y" or an "ey" The name 'Jno' was used throughout--not sure if it is an abbreviation. If so, can't figure out what the name is. ===========================================================================