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February 20, 2015
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Ninth Census of the United States (1870)
Colorado County, Texas
Introduction & Summary of Data
compiled by Dorothy Albrecht from an earlier transcription by Angela Boswell, audited by Bill Stein
Click Here for Schedule 1 (in Alphabetical Order)
Surnames Beginning with A through K
Click Here for Schedule 1 (in Alphabetical Order)
Surnames Beginning with L through Z
Click Here for Schedule 1 (in Original Order) Precinct 1, Pages 1A through 35A
Click Here for Schedule 1 (in Original Order) Precinct 2, Pages 37A through 51B
Click Here for Schedule 1 (in Original Order) Precinct 3, Pages 52A through 77A
Click Here for Schedule 1 (in Original Order) Precinct 4, Pages 78A through 97A
Click Here for Schedule 1 (in Original Order) Precinct 5, Pages 98A through 108B
Click Here for Index to Online Images of Manuscript Census
| Introduction |
The census was taken between June 6 and September 13, 1870 by Jacob H.
Baldwin, Jr.. When the pages were numbered, they were not arranged in
chronological order. What was evidently the first page Baldwin recorded was
finally assigned page number 78A. There are no pages numbered 77B, 96A, or 97B.
It is not clear whether there ever were such pages.
We have listed the persons recorded in the census both in the same order in which
they appear in the manuscript version of the census and in alphabetical order. When they were
known, modern or correct spellings of surnames have been included in square
brackets. Personal information for each group member appears in parenthesis. For
nearly all persons, such information includes age, gender, color or race, and
birthplace.
There were several errors or anomalies in numbering
households and pages, all of which we have reproduced. The page that is now
numbered 6B seems to be out of place. Accordingly, we have inserted it in what
seems to us to be its proper place, between pages 4B and 5A.
The census taker also declared that some people who seemingly have
masculine first names were females and that some people who seemingly have
feminine first names were males. We have not altered these descriptions, even
when we were quite sure that the census taker was wrong.
| Summary of Data |
| Total | White | Black | Mulatto | |
| Number of People | 8326 | 4635 | 3427 | 264 |
| Number of Males | 4227 | 2408 | 1679 | 140 |
| Number of Females | 4099 | 2227 | 1748 | 124 |
| Number of American Born Persons | 7217 | 3529 | 3425 | 263 |
| Number of American Born Males | 3619 | 1802 | 1678 | 139 |
| Number of American Born Females | 3598 | 1727 | 1747 | 124 |
| Number of Persons Born in Texas | 4275 | 2330 | 1801 | 144 |
| Number of Males Born in Texas | 2095 | 1184 | 869 | 79 |
| Number of Females Born in Texas | 2180 | 1146 | 932 | 65 |
| Number of Males Born in Alabama | 118 | 56 | 60 | 2 |
| Number of Females Born in Alabama | 123 | 53 | 67 | 3 |
| Number of Males Born in Arkansas | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| Number of Females Born in Arkansas | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Number of Males Born in Florida | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Number of Females Born in Florida | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| Number of Males Born in Georgia | 149 | 98 | 49 | 2 |
| Number of Females Born in Georgia | 136 | 85 | 42 | 9 |
| Number of Males Born in Kentucky | 65 | 36 | 27 | 2 |
| Number of Females Born in Kentucky | 60 | 31 | 23 | 6 |
| Number of Males Born in Louisiana | 73 | 34 | 38 | 1 |
| Number of Females Born in Louisiana | 97 | 37 | 58 | 2 |
| Number of Males Born in Maryland | 27 | 8 | 17 | 2 |
| Number of Females Born in Maryland | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Number of Males Born in Mississippi | 249 | 79 | 158 | 12 |
| Number of Females Born in Mississippi | 227 | 69 | 148 | 10 |
| Number of Males Born in Missouri | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Number of Females Born in Missouri | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Number of Males Born in New York | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Females Born in New York | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Males Born in North Carolina | 130 | 52 | 74 | 4 |
| Number of Females Born in North Carolina | 95 | 31 | 63 | 1 |
| Number of Males Born in South Carolina | 85 | 22 | 61 | 2 |
| Number of Females Born in South Carolina | 56 | 11 | 44 | 1 |
| Number of Males Born in Tennessee | 269 | 118 | 132 | 19 |
| Number of Females Born in Tennessee | 277 | 102 | 158 | 17 |
| Number of Males Born in Virginia | 256 | 81 | 166 | 9 |
| Number of Females Born in Virginia | 268 | 65 | 193 | 10 |
| Number of Males Born in Other States | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 |
| Number of Females Born in Other States | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| Number of Foreign Born Persons | 1104 | 1101 | 2 | 1 |
| Number of Foreign Born Males | 603 | 601 | 1 | 1 |
| Number of Foreign Born Females | 501 | 500 | 1 | 0 |
| Number of Germans | 807 | 806 | 1 | 0 |
| Number of German Males | 450 | 449 | 1 | 0 |
| Number of German Females | 357 | 357 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Czechs | 148 | 148 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Czech Males | 63 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Czech Females | 85 | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Hispanics | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Note: Five persons had unknown birthplaces.