1850 Agriculture Census

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SCHEDULE 4.---Productions of Agriculture in

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page: 353 - 354

as enumerated by me, on the

3rd day of October, 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

Peter Walter

50

104

1500

60

2

 

3

 

4

7

8

185

 

1

 

350

150

 

 

 

20

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

300

 

 

 

 

20

2

Richard Hicks

40

30

900

70

3

 

3

 

7

12

7

215

53

2

 

200

60

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

2

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

25

3

David Trowbridge

15

19

350

15

 

 

1

 

1

8

5

35

81

3

 

25

25

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75

3

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

12

4

John W. Roe

20

60

600

8

1

 

2

2

2

10

5

225

50

4

 

50

25

 

 

 

 

3

20

 

 

10

 

 

 

150

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

15

5

Jesse Rose

20

60

600

10

1

 

2

4

2

10

5

225

50

5

 

75

60

 

 

 

15

4

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

5

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 4.---Productions of Agriculture in

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page: 353 - 354

as enumerated by me, on the

3rd day of October, 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

Jacob Hart

11

90

500

10

 

 

2

 

 

 

8

28

14

1

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

110

 

 

56

 

 

 

100

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

130

 

 

50

 

35

2

John Poper

 

75

200

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Michael Snyder

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

50

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Thomas Strole

38

82

800

40

 

 

4

2

4

15

12

145

58

4

 

100

12

 

 

 

40

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

250

4

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

120

 

 

 

24

25

5

George Beery

11

149

500

11

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

10

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

John Zeigler

25

95

800

50

2

 

2

 

 

 

8

110

15

6

 

50

30

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

6

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

112

 

20

 

 

13

7

William Shook

11

69

400

11

 

 

1

 

2

 

4

45

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Henry Hook

30

90

600

20

1

 

2

2

1

2

5

125

150

8

 

100

12

 

 

 

9

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

75

8

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

20

9

Jacob Miller

30

90

700

40

1

 

4

4

3

15

14

150

200

9

 

100

50

 

 

 

50

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

9

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

14

25

10

Peter Croup

20

60

400

40

 

 

3

2

5

8

2

105

50

10

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

10

11

Jacob Christophel

30

50

700

40

1

 

3

2

2

9

15

155

130

11

 

120

12

 

 

 

14

1

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

11

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

9

18

12

Henry Shoub

20

91

600

15

 

 

1

2

1

 

 

55

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Charles Knighthart

6

34

150

10

 

 

1

2

4

4

8

75

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

David Hart

20

20

400

10

 

 

2

2

 

 

7

67

30

14

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

14

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

10

15

Benjamin Worthington

20

20

400

5

 

 

3

4

3

12

9

135

27

15

 

200

 

 

 

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

15

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

130

 

 

40

 

12

16

Isaac Deihl

30

50

700

30

 

 

3

2

4

6

9

120

80

16

 

80

 

 

 

 

15

5

105

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

16

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

 

22

20

11

38

17

John Hollinger

25

115

800

20

 

 

1

2

1

 

10

75

10

17

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

75

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

12

18

John Gunsenhouser

60

100

1500

40

2

 

4

 

2

6

9

195

150

18

 

200

 

 

 

 

20

1

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

18

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

 

5

 

 

30

19

Murray Cazier

12

68

500

40

 

 

2

 

 

 

4

24

90

19

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

19

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

18

20

Frederick Hoffman

30

90

800

50

2

 

2

2

 

10

10

140

25

20

 

200

50

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

20

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

4

 

 

16

21

John Barber

80

80

2000

60

2

 

3

4

2

19

10

310

192

21

 

200