Neshoba, MS 1870 Federal Census - Transcriber's Notes This Census was transcribed by Carol Moore and proofread by Wilburn D Moore, Mary Farmer, Wayne and Sandy Myhre for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgwarchives.net/census. Copyright 2000 by Carol Moore ************************************************************************ USGENWEB CENSUS PROJECT NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ************************************************************************ Transcribers notes: By the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Choctaw Nation ceded its remaining lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States. Neshoba County was formed in 1833 from land acquired in the 1830 Choctaw cession. At that time, approximately 3000-4000 Choctaw Indians went to Oklahoma. Neshoba County, meaning wolf in the Choctaw language, is located in the east central part of the state. Its area is 561 square miles and has sand-clay soil. The population in Neshoba County grew steadily, with the exception of the decade marked by the Civil War. The population in 1840 was 2,437, in 1850 was 4,728, in 1860 was 8,334, in 1870 was 7439, in 1880 was 8,741, and in 1890 was 11,146. In 1870 approximately 22 percent of the population was black and 4 percent was Indian. In 1870, very few Choctaws have surnames. Tubbe in a name means male and mah means female. When surnames were first used, often a Choctaw child used the father's given name as his/her last name. All 5 beats have been transcribed. While transcribing, I found a few errors made by the enumerator. 1. Family Numbers 322-327 are repeated. They start on page 290a and are repeated on page 290b. 2. Family Numbers 437-458 are repeated. They start on page 297a and are repeated on page 299a. 3. One page was filmed out of order: Families numbered 199-207 on Page 25 (number found on left side of microfilm) are found on page 320b. 4. Several family numbers were omitted.