1847 Catawba Census
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This is the second census of The Catawba Indians giving the names
of the people follows.

B.B. Massey's report to the governor of South Carolina states he knew of
106 Catawbas or maybe 110.  5 Catawbas had gone to Charleston, S.C. in 1851. 
One of them General James Kegg had died in Charleston in 1852 at the age of 
69.  The oldest member of the Tribe.  Of the others (Lewis Stephens, 
Jim Morrison, a child and Polly Stephens), most or all still lived in 
Charleston in 1853, but had not been heard of since.

Date microfilmed: Feb 1, 1989, 
Project & Fiche #211B7-105 #5400
G 2 Call #6048400
U.S./Can
970.1 A1 No.105'  Sep 29, 1847

A list of Names of Catawba Indians Residing North Carolina.  
Haywood County Cherokee's Nation. 1847

     Males             Age    Born
1.  James Harris       16 b. 1831
2.  Jessey Harris      17 b. 1830
3.  John Harris        18 b. 1829
4.  Peter Harris       14 b. 1833
5.  Antoney George     50 b. 1797
6.  Billy George       33 b. 1814
7.  James Kegg         66 b. 1781
8.  Phillip Kegg       22 b. 1825
9.  Lewis Stephens     46 b. 1801
10. Thos. Stephens     18 b. 1829
11. William Morrison   33 b. 1814

Male Children under 10 years of age = 12     

    Females          Age   Born
1.  Betsey Ayers     17 b. 1830
2.  Julia Ann Ayers  15 b. 1832
3.  Margaret Ayers   18 b. 1829
4.  Mary Ayers       17 b. 1830
5.  Mary Ayers       21 b. 1826
6.  Sally Ayers      50 b. 1797
7.  Frankey Brown    27 b. 1820
8.  Rosey Canty      36 b. 1811
9.  Nancy George     44 b. 1803
10. Rebeccah George  36 b. 1811
11. Salley George    35 b. 1802  
12. Sally Harris     43 b. 1804
13. Cyntha Kegg      30 b. 1817
14. Judy Kegg        31 b. 1816
15. Salley Readhead  60 b. 1787
16. Harriot Stephens 44 b. 1803
17. Polly Stephens   24 b. 1823

Female Children under 10 years of age = 15

Total at Sually Town Cherokee Nation Haywood County
Females             3
Males               2  
                    5

                    Number in South Carolina 1847
                      Yanceyville District
            
    Males             Age    Born
1.  Billey Brown       20 b. 1827
2.  John Brown         12 b. 1835
3.  Franklin Canty     25 b. 1822
4.  David Harris       40 b. 1807
5.  John Scott         23 b. 1824

Male Children  under 10 years of age =  2

    Females          Age   Born
1.  Jane Ayers       18 b. 1829
2.  Polly Ayers      35 b. 1812
3.  Cathes Brown     28 b. 1819
4.  Rachel Brown     35 b. 1812
5.  Eliza Canty      23 b. 1824
6.  Peggey Canty     30 b. 1817
7.  Mary George      18 b. 1829
8.  #1 Patsy George  48 b. 1799
9.  #2 Patsy George  30 b. 1817
10. Betsey Hart      26 b. 1821
11. Caty Joe         50 b. 1797
12. Jenney Joe       43 b. 1804
13. Betsey Mush      18 b. 1829
14. Polly Readhead   40 b. 1807

Female Childen  under 10 years of age:  6

     Total Males          7
     Total Females       20
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Of the other 106, Mr. Massey counted 
	15 in Arkansas, (Who had moved out there in 1851, never to return), 
	 7 in North Carolina, and 
	84 in South Carolina, 

The 91 in North and South Carolina amounting to 15 men, 29 women and 47 
children.  It seems reasonable that of these 91 Catawbas in North and 
South Carolina in 1854 only five  
(Allen Harris, Jesse Harris, Jimmy Harris, Billy George, and Robert Marsh) 
were fathers and husbands with a wife and children at home; 
of the 47 children only 10 had a father in the house.  Of these 91 
Catawbas a majority (55) had the surnames of George, Harris or Brown -- 
22 men named George, 20 named Harris, 13 named Brown, 11 named Marsh 
(descendants [in the male line] of Pamunkey Indian men from the
Pamunkey reservation in Virginia) 8 named Canty, 4 each named White, 
Sanders or Tims, 2 each named Joe or Ayers and one man named Scott.  
The census itself follows; the; ages come from the 1849 count.

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