Carteret, NC 1850 Federal Census - Notes This Census was transcribed by Karen L. Hausner and proofread by Marvin L. Hausner for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright 2000 by Karen L. Hausner ************************************************************************ USGENWEB 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. ************************************************************************ Thanks to S-K Publications for providing the census page photocopies from which this transcription was made. The complete original, handwritten census of this county is available in book form (including a typed index) from S-K Publications, PO Box 8173, Wichita KS 67208 (www.skpub.com/genie/census.html). ************************************************************************ Census_Year 1850 Microfilm # 432-623 State NC County Carteret ************************************************************************ Notes for the North Carolina, Carteret County, 1850, Free Inhabitants Census Transcription: There are 3 sets of numbering, the printed, the hand-written starting with 217, and in ( )'s the enumerator's numbering starting with 1. An * is placed for a letter that is unreadable. In most cases, this occurs when I or J is used as a middle initial. The enumerator writes both the same in one section of the book. At one point, the enumerator skips around in the townships. In doing this, he has duplicated one of his page numbers and skipped another. Here is how he placed the numbers: Printed no., hand-written no., (enumerator's no.), Township 149b 298 (82) Beaufort 150a 299 (83) Beaufort 169a 337 (83) Beaufort 169b 338 (84) Beaufort no(85) 150b 300 (86) Harlow's Creek 151a 301 (87) Harlow's Creek 151b 302 (88) Harlow's Creek 168a 335 (89) Harlow's Creek 168b 336 (90) Harlow's Creek 152a 303 (91) Harlow's Creek The Township Shackelford Banks/Harker's Island had to be shortened to Shackelford Bnks/Harkers I The last page of entries has no Township shown.