1850 Agriculture Census

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SCHEDULE 4.---Productions of Agriculture in

Jackson Township in the County of DeKalb State of Indiana, during the Year ending, June 1, 1850.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page: 343 - 344

enumerated by me, on the

Sixth day of August, 1850 Egbert B. Mott Ass't Marshal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Owner, Agent,or Manager of the farm

Acres of Land

Cash value of farm

Value of farming implements and Machinery

Live Stock

Produce during the Year ending:

Hemp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Improved

Unimproved

Horses

Asses and Mules

Milch Cows

Working Oxen

Other Cattle

Sheep

Swine

Value of Livestock

Wheat, bushels of

 

Rye, bushels of

Indian Corn, bushels of

Oats, bushels of

Rice, lbs of

Tobacco, lbs of

Ginned Cotton, bales of 400 lbs each

Wool, lbs of

Peas & beans, bushels of

Irish Potatoes, bushels of

Sweet Potatoes, bushels of

Barley, bushels of

Buckwheat, bushels of

Value of Orchard products in dollars

Wine, gallons of

Value of produce of Market Gardens

Butter, lbs of

 

Cheese, lbs of

Hay, tons of

Clover seed, bushels of

Other grass Seeds, bushels of

Hops, lbs of

Dew Rotted, tons of

Water Rotted, tons of

Flax, lbs of

Flaxseed, bushels of

Silk cocoons, lbs of

Maple Sugar, lbs of

Cane Sugar, hhds. Of 1000 lbs

Molasses, gallons of

Beeswax and Honey, lbs of

Value of Home-made Manufactures

Value of Animals slaughtered

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

 

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

1

Daniel McCurry

18

22

400

50

 

 

3

4

 

17

9

115

80

1

 

214

 

 

 

 

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

1

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

25

2

William McGinnis

20

60

800

40

2

 

2

 

4

7

11

140

100

2

15

200

 

 

 

 

23

 

100

 

 

20

 

 

 

100

2

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

300

 

31

 

23

35

3

William McClellan

40

80

800

50

2

 

2

 

3

 

6

140

190

3

 

75

17

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

3

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

6

 

 

23

4

Joseph Woolsey

30

130

1000

100

 

 

2

2

1

 

6

60

80

4

 

200

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

500

 

10

 

21

15

5

Adam Karper

25

55

600

50

2

 

3

 

2

5

1

185

80

5

 

300

120

 

 

 

12

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

650

 

20

 

 

30

6

Jacob Friend

18

22

200

25

1

 

3

2

 

6

7

118

100

6

 

50

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

3

 

18

22

7

William B. Williams

15

105

500

20

 

 

2

2

 

2

7

60

80

7

 

100

 

 

 

 

4

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

 

15

 

 

15

8

Henry Brown

56

144

1500

100

5

 

3

 

7

14

12

315

98

8

26

300

300

 

 

 

28

 

50

 

 

11

 

 

 

150

8

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

22

9

John Nugent

32

88

900

70

2

 

2

 

2

21

4

110

50

9

 

400

100

 

 

 

40

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

75

9

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

20

10

Eli B. Griffin

6

70

350

5

1

 

3

2

 

7

 

100

 

10

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

50

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

324

776

7050

510

15

 

25

12

19

79

63

1343

758

11

41

1814

 

 

 

 

167

 

215

 

 

51

 

 

 

1125

11

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1830

 

85

 

 

 

12

 

1692

3860

46450

1819

88

 

117

22

179

414

483

6955

4348

12

10

6080

 

 

 

 

768

9

1129

 

 

99

 

 

 

4602

12

 

164

7

34

 

 

 

160

3

 

5842

 

231

225

109

207

13

 

1356

3737

44600

1525

58

 

65

53

158

289

371

6017

2862

13

15

6299

 

 

 

 

1235

1

903

 

 

164

24

 

 

6650

13

225

163

27

4

 

 

 

229

7

 

4163

 

118

490

426

166

14

 

3372

7873

9800

3845

161

 

237

87

356

782

817

14315

7968

14

66

14293

 

 

 

 

2170

10

2247

 

 

314

23

 

 

12377

14

225

354

34

38

 

 

 

389

10

 

11835

 

434

715

704

1076

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1239

2749

 

SCHEDULE 4.---Productions of Agriculture in

Jackson Township in the County of DeKalb State of Indiana, during the Year ending, June 1, 1850.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page: 341 - 342

as enumerated by me, on the

Second day of August, 1850. Egbert B. Mott Ass't Marshal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Owner, Agent,or Manager of the farm

Acres of Land

Cash value of farm

Value of farming implements and Machinery

Live Stock

Produce during the Year ending:

Hemp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Improved

Unimproved

Horses

Asses and Mules

Milch Cows

Working Oxen

Other Cattle

Sheep

Swine

Value of Livestock

Wheat, bushels of

 

Rye, bushels of

Indian Corn, bushels of

Oats, bushels of

Rice, lbs of

Tobacco, lbs of

Ginned Cotton, bales of 400 lbs each

Wool, lbs of

Peas & beans, bushels of

Irish Potatoes, bushels of

Sweet Potatoes, bushels of

Barley, bushels of

Buckwheat, bushels of

Value of Orchard products in dollars

Wine, gallons of

Value of produce of Market Gardens

Butter, lbs of

 

Cheese, lbs of

Hay, tons of

Clover seed, bushels of

Other grass Seeds, bushels of

Hops, lbs of

Dew Rotted, tons of

Water Rotted, tons of

Flax, lbs of

Flaxseed, bushels of

Silk cocoons, lbs of

Maple Sugar, lbs of

Cane Sugar, hhds. Of 1000 lbs

Molasses, gallons of

Beeswax and Honey, lbs of

Value of Home-made Manufactures

Value of Animals slaughtered

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

 

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

1

John Draggoo

35

45

800

35

 

 

3

2

2

 

24

100

54

1

 

200

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

6

 

 

 

150

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

300

 

7

30

 

20

2

James Moore

50

30

1200

80

3

 

3

 

2

19

30

240

100

2

 

250

50

 

 

 

41

 

15

 

 

2

 

 

 

150

2

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

400

 

15

 

20

37

3

William Squiers

50

30

700

15

2

 

3

 

5

 

7

112

10

3

 

60

50

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

5

2

 

 

100

3

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

4

Samuel Tarney

50

110

1500

75

3

 

6

2

6

17

11

260

90

4

10

225

 

 

 

 

35

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

450

4

140

8

 

 

 

 

 

25

1

 

100

 

 

80

59

27

5

John S. Moore

18

62

450

10

1

 

2

2

1

8

9

97

16

5

 

75

30

 

 

 

26

 

30

 

 

12

 

 

 

100

5

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

30

6

Joseph Depew

55

25

650

50

3

 

4

4

6

12

9

170

120

6

 

150

20

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

25

7

James Means

55

105

1500

75

3

 

3

 

6

14

7

210

180

7

 

150

100

 

 

 

47

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

7

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

40

27

35

8

John Stafford

30

90

1000

20

2

 

5

 

1

6

1

178

70

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

5

 

 

20

3

 

 

15

8

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

5

 

15

5

9

David Matthews

35

45

500

15

1

 

2

2

7

5

6

145

125

9

 

80

70

 

 

 

13

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

 

5

150

 

26

10

Warren Jaques

40

80

1000

25

2

 

3

 

1

13

10

150

150

10

 

125

100

 

 

 

37

 

20