1860 Federal Census Presidio County, Texas (Transcriber's Notes) ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwcensus.org/notices/ http://www.usgwcensus.org/ http://www.usgwcensus.org/cenfiles/ ************************************************************************** Abstracted by Paul Wright (2000) from public records. Proofread by Maggie Stewart. Submitted by Paul Wright (2000) & Maggie Stewart (2000). Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart. ************************************************************************** All above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ************************************************************************** NOTE: For more information on Presidio County, Texas, Please visit the Presidio County, TXGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpresi2/ ---------------------------------- And Visit the Big Bend Genealogy Society Web Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbcgs/ ---------------------------------- See notes.txt for other counties covered by this census. ========================================================= ALSO visit the TXGenWeb archives at http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************************************** ======================= From Paul Wright (2000) ======================= *1880 Manuscript census of Big Bend part of Presidio County "Donated by Paul Wright, Associate Professor of Geography and Sociology, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas. (915) 837-8150, pwright@sulross.edu" Copyright © 2000 Paul Wright. All rights reserved The 1880 census for Precinct 1, the Fort Davis area, and Precinct 2, the irrigated area around present-day Balmorhea. It was mistakenly included in Presidio county until the R.R. survey of public lands in 1882 revealed that it should have been in Pecos County from its inception. Precinct 3 is the area along Alamito Creek. It includes only the Davis Ranch. Precinct 4 includes the Faver Ranch and the area along the Rio Grande from Ruidosa to Fort Leaton (included in the count for Presidio). ========================== From Maggie Stewart (2000) ========================== ============== NOTES (ED 123) ============== Page 1 (At top of page): Consyder All Mexicans White although marked Mex in color column C.C.W./Consider as Precinct P 1, all through MUW. ============== NOTES (ED 124) ============== Precinct 2, This is the Balmorhea area and was determined in 1882 to lie in Precos County --------------------------------------------- Page 1 (At top of page): C.C.W./Co****ssions Pict No. 2, within tp. ============== NOTES (ED 126) ============== Page 1 (At top of page): C.C.W. Comissions Prct No. 4, allthrough -------------------------------------------- In 1880 Presidio County Texas encompassed the following COunties existing now: -------------------------------------------- Brewster http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrews2/ Jeff Davis http://www.rootsweb.com/~txjeffd2/