1850 Federal Census Culpeper County, Virginia (Transcriber's Notes) This Census was transcribed by Linda Hindman and A Proofreader is Needed for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright 2002 by Linda Hindman ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES 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/ ************************************************************************ NOTE: For more information on Culpeper County, Virginia, Please visit the Culpeper County, VAGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaculpep/culp.htm ************************************************************************ Formatted by Maggie Stewart February 2002 ************************************************************************ Census conducted between July 23 and November 1, 1850 by J.M. Broadus, Ass't. Marshal Transcribed from actual census images on Ancestry.com. Surnames were checked against SK Publications index of 1850 Culpeper County Census; when in doubt, the SK Publication name was used. Questionable information was checked against the actual microfilm on file at the Thomas Balch Historical and Genealogical Library, Leesburg, Loudoun County Virginia, and also against the book "The 1850 Virginia Census Index" by Ronald Vern Jackson.. 1) Numbers "4" and "6" where sometimes difficult to differentiate. 2) Letters "S" and "L" were sometimes difficult to differentiate. This was especially difficult in distinguishing the occupations Lawyer and Sawyer. 3) Letters "C" and "O" were difficult when used as middle initial of a name. 4) Letters "W" and "M" were difficult, both in capital and small form. 5) Two dwellings were listed as "54" so * was used to differentiate the two. 6) Evidently the original census was recopied into a ledger type book with page numbers printed only on one side. Therefore, the front of the page is shown as "A" and the back as "B". 7) The dwelling and family numbering sequence are out of order on pages 69 through 71. The information is transcribed exactly as shown on the census. 8) Asterisk * was used when information was indecipherable, and ? was used when in doubt. Transcribed by Linda Hindman lhindman@erols.com February 2002.