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Compiled by Hugh MacDougall |
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This information was compiled from the Federal and State Census records for Otsego County,
New York, from 1790 to 1925. There are inevitable errors, some resulting from poor quality
microfilm images of the census records, others from transcription errors of all sorts.
Users finding errors of any sort are invited to communicate with Hugh MacDougall, so that
they can be corrected.Return to Black Census Home Page
Federal Census for 1850
Note: The legibility of this census is very poor, so many of the names are partly guesswork.
Contents: Towns of Burlington | Butternuts (incl. part of modern Morris) | Cherry Valley
(incl. modern Roseboom) | Decatur [no Blacks]| Edmeston | Exeter | Hartwick | Laurens
[no Blacks] |Maryland | Middlefield | Milford | New Lisbon | Oneonta (formerly Otego)|
Otego (formerly Huntsville) | Otsego | Pittsfield (incl. part of modern Morris) |
Plainfield | Richfield | Springfield | Unadilla | Westford | Worcester.| RecapitulationKey: Page; Name; Race (B = Black; M = Mulatto; W = White); Sex (M or F); Age; Occupation; State of Birth; [Other information: Name, occupation of white householder; value of real estate owned (RE $--}; if illiterate {ILL}; if attending school (SCH)] NOTE: Locations of census entries are given by page number (as indicated in census microfilms). The actual entries also serially number buildings and households -- to save space these are not included here. Where African-Americans are living in households headed by Whites, we give the name of the White householder in the [Other information] column. Where members of a household headed by an African-American have different surnames from the householder, we list them under the householder's name, but indented to show that they are not part of a separate household. Burlington -- NONE Butternuts 204 STEWARD, Antony B M 70 farmer CT [ILL] Polly B F 58 CT [ILL] Caroline B F 28 NY [ILL] Antony B M 26 NY [ILL] 208 STYLES, Henry B M 14 NY [John Arnold, farmer; SCH] 222 DERLING, Lucy B F 14 NY [Joseph Gilbert, merchant] Cherry Valley (incl. modern Roseboom) 002 VROOMAN, Morgan B M 23 laborer NY [Seth Smith, farmer; ILL] 003 VROOMAN, Charles B M 24 laborer NY [Charles Livingston; ILL] 004 HOWARD, Levi M M 18 laborer MD [John Minekin, farmer] 019 SCHOONOVER, Prince B M 72 none NY [ILL] Mary B F 56 NY 022 KELLER, Dianna B F 60 NY [Horatio Holt, farmer; ILL] 049 BEEKMAN, Samuel B M 30 laborer NY [ILL] Jane B F 20 NY 049 GOLDSMITH, Amos B M 61 NY Decatur -- NONE Edmeston 080 PHILIPS, Jenette* B F 10 NY [Oliver DeLancey, farmer] [* Although listed as female, the official tabulation counted her as male] Exeter -- NONE Hartwick 207 DODGE, Timothy M M 25 laborer RI [John Windsor, farmer] Laurens -- NONE Maryland 138 VROMAN, Thomas B M 22 NY [James Morehouse, farmer] 141 BUTLER, Elizabeth C.B F 44 NY [RE $350] Alonso M. B M 20 farmer NY Amos B M 15 NY Julia B F 12 NY Middlefield 098 THOMAS, Charles B M 49 laborer NY [RE$200] Lydia B F 49 NY [ILL] 098 DERRY, Frances A. B F 30 NY Augustus B M 2 NY James B M 4/12 NY 106 MOREHOUSE, Deon B F 69 NY [county poor house] 107 MASON, Anthony B M 61 laborer NY [county poor house; ILL] 124 SCHIRMERHORN, William B M 60 basket maker NY [RE$150; ILL] Spide (?) B F 57 MA [ILL] 125 BIX, Thomas B M 44 laborer NY [RE$50; ILL] Charlotte B F 29 NY [ILL] Wm. A. B M 10 NY [SCH] Jane A. B F 2 NY Hiram B M 10/12 NY 125 WILLIAMS, Sophia B F 37 NY & John B M 12 NY 126 Wm. A. W. (?) B M 10 NY Mary E. B F 7 NY 131 BIX, Samuel B M 22 laborer NY [Leander Smith, farmer] Milford 105 COLLIER, Jane B F 25 NY [Jared Goodyear, farmer] Betsey W F 64 NY [NOTE: listed as White] 106 WILLIAMS, Seth B M 50 laborer NY [ILL] Caty B F 40 NY 124 DODGE, Aaron M M 30 farmer RI [James Washington, farmer] Lucinda W F 23 NY [NOTE: listed as White] William H. M M 3 NY Phebe E. M F 2 NY KIMBALL, Emiline W F 8 NY [NOTE: listed as White] Morris (formerly part of Butternuts and Pittsfield) 249 JACKSON, Julia B F 22 NY [Russell Wheeler, Episc. Clergyman] 251 BELAMY, Charles B M 25 farmer NY [RE$40] Hester B F 23 NY [ILL] David B M 1 NY 252 PHILLIPS, Benjamin B M 47 farmer NY [RE$250] Dinah B F 40 NY Jane B F 19 NY Frederick B M 16 farmer NY [SCH] Alexander B M 13 NY [SCH] Sarah B F 12 NY [SCH] Susan B F 10 NY [SCH] Thomas B M 7 NY [SCH] Eliza B F 6 NY [SCH] Hannett B F 3 NY 263 FORTUNE, Harry B M 88 NY [ILL] Ann B F 29 NY [ILL] 264 PARRISH, Francis B M 13 NY [Horatio Washburn, farmer] 267 CATHAWAY, Lot B M 50 NY Dinah B F 48 271 TITUS, Boss B M 56 farmer NY [ILL] & Caty B F 49 NY [ILL] 272 Peter B M 28 farmer NY Orin B M 22 farmer NY Jane E. B F 15 NY William B M 14 NY [SCH] Susan B F 10 NY [SCH] Augusta B F 8 NY [SCH] Boss, Jr. B M 4 NY Charles B M 3 NY New Lisbon -- NONE Oneonta 128 FERNESS, Jacob B M 11 NY [Carlton Emmons, innkeeper] 134 PARKE (or) (PARTRIE?), Dinah B F 70 NY Silas B M 34 laborer NY Lucy B F 32 NY [RE$350] 136 DURHAM, Fanny B F 29 MD [Eliakin R. Ford, merchant] 140 ROGERS, John B M 46 farmer NY Mary B F 37 NY [ILL] Emma A. B F 12 NY [SCH] Nancy B F 9 NY [SCH] Mary G. B F 7 NY [SCH] John McP. B M 4 NY Robert B M 3 NY VAN ALSTIN, Emma A. B F 56 NY [RE$500; ILL]NY Margareta E. B F 14 NY [SCH] Otsego 238 HENRY, John B M 60 jeweller ENGLAND [RE$75; ILL] Susan B F -- NY SMITH, Mary B F 16 NY [SCH] 259 LIVINGSTON, H.C. M F 5 NY [Hugh Livingston, machninst; SCH] [Hugh Livingston, 39; wife Susan, 36; Susan A., 2, Hugh A. 2, all White] 262 SKINNER, Miss M F -- ENGLAND [ILL] Harriet M F 14 NY 265 SKINNER, Peter B M 26 NY Elisa B F 25 NY Mary B M 5 NY HUSBANDS, Thomas B M 20 NY 267 JACKSON, Dean B F 39 NY [Alfred Carr, innkeeper; ILL] 268 WILLIAMS, James B M 16 NY [Daniel B. Boden, painter] 272 HUSBANDS, Joseph T. B M 41 boatman BARBADOS Catharine B F 36 BARBADOS Catharine M F 8 ? George M M 5 ? Josephine M F 4 ? Mary T. M F 3/12 ? THOMPSON, Sarah A. M F 12 ? [SCH] Harriet M F 10 ? [SCH} 272 SKINNER, Harriet B F 16 NY [Schuyler Crippin, lawyer] 273 JOHNSON, Nancy B F 50 VT STUART, Lewis M M 40 NY Mary M. M F 28 NY GRANGER, Catharine M F 12 NY [SCH] 275 SKINNER, Catharine B F 20 NY [Mary Miller {who born Barbados}] 276 SKINNER, Ann B F 32 NY [J.F. Nellis, merchant] 277 BRUNK, Thomas B M 72 NY [William H. Averill, lawyer] Pittsfield 288 PARRISH, James B M 52 farmer NY [RE$550;ILL] & Harriet B F 48 NY 289 Pamelia B F 21 NY George B M 19 farmer NY [SCH] John B M 17 NY [SCH] Narus B M 14 NY [SCH] Ceaser B M 12 NY [SCH] Maria B F 6 NY [SCH] Ann B F 8/12 NY 292 PARRISH, George B M 21 NY [John Miller, farmer] Plainfield 067 BANNO, Louis W M 34 farmer CANADA [RE$300] Dian H. B F 40 NY John M M 7 NY [SCH] Rosa M F 5 NY Henny M F 2 NY Mary M F 60 CANADA Salma M F 30 CANADA Richfield 045 SWEET, Sarah M F 16 NY [James Vaughn, innkeeper] 052 JACKSON, Mary B F 30 NY [Hiram Manly, physician] 052 BENJAMIN, Lewis B M 66 laborer NJ [ILL] Betsey B F 66 NY Elizabeth B F 4 NY Mary B F 3 NY 055 WILLIAMSON, Elizabeth B F 11 NY [Matthew Hanford, merchant] Springfield 061 PHILLIPS, John M M 6 NY [Spencer Fields] Unadilla 174 BUSH, Catherine M F 80 NY [Erastus Kingsley, innkeeper; ILL] 174 KIDDER, Nancy B F 20 NY [A.B. Watson, banker] WILLIAMS, Emily B F 9 NY 175 WILLIAMS, Almira B F 6 NY [Abijah Beech] 176 WILLIAMS, Caty B F 12 NY [A.D. Williams, merchant] 186 PHILIPS, Mary B F 14 NY [Ira Curtiss, farmer] 188 KELLY, Asher B M 43 farmer CT [RE$300; ILL] Sally A. M F 39 NY [ILL[ Benjamin M M 19 NY Dennis M M 16 NY Phebe A. M F 14 NY [SCH] Sophia M F 11 NY [SCH] David M M 7 NY [SCH] Adaline M F 5 NY PALMER, Augusta W F 5 NY 196 DERICKS, Prince B M 63 farmer CT [RE300] Harriet B F 26 CT Lucy B F 3 NY Eugene B M 1 NY KING, James B M 5 NY 199 FREEMAN, Susan B F 35 CT [RE$1000] Westford 195 WILLIAMS, Richard B M 30 farmer NY [James Babcock, farmer] Worcester 162 BORST, Wm. B M 30 laborer NY [Philo Crippin, farmer] 172 GREEN, Norman B M 25 NY [Abraham Booker, lawyer] 172 BROWN, James B M 20 laborer NY [Timothy Murphy, farmer; ILL] 173 TEN EYCK, Margeta B F 17 NY [Herman Copley] 175 VROMAN, Peter B M 16 laborer NY [James H. Smith, farmer] 179 CAST, Titus B M 28 farmer NY [RE$1000] Emeline B F 48 NY [ILL] David B M 8 NY [SCH] Lamar B M 12 NY [SCH] Patience B F 6 NY [SCH] Recapitulation (African-Americans in Otsego County, 1850): Town Male Female Total Burlington 0 0 0 Butternuts 3 3 6 Cherry Valley 6 3 9 Decatur 0 0 0 Exeter 0 0 0 Edmeston 0 1 1 Hartwick 1 0 1 Laurens 0 0 0 Maryland 3 2 5 Middlefield 11 8 19 Milford 3 3 6 Morris 15 14 29 New Lisbon 0 0 0 Oneonta 5 9 14 Otego 0 0 0 Otsego 9 19 28 Pittsfield 6 4 10 Plainfield 1 5 6 Richfield 1 6 7 Springfield 1 0 1 Unadilla 7 13 20 Westford 1 0 1 Worcester 7 3 10 TOTAL: 80 93 173Return to Top of Page