Union Parish Louisiana

1850 Union Parish Louisiana Census

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The tables below contain a full-name index to, complete transcriptions of, and images of each original page of the 1850 Union Parish Louisiana Federal Census (Population Schedule). Note that the 1850 Population Schedule only recorded the names of whites and free blacks. No free blacks were listed in Union Parish in 1850, so the only names recorded here are the white Union Parish residents. Slaves were recorded by age on the Slave Schedule portion of the 1850 census. Also included below is an alphabetized list of the Union Parish residents listed on the 1850 Union Parish Mortality Schedule, a list of the Union Parish deaths as reported to the census enumerator as occurring between 1 June 1849 and 30 May 1850.

Organization of the 1850 Union Parish Census
Some years after the clerk transferred the census information into the census book, the original book was rebound with the pages out of order. At various times after this, the pages on the book were numbered the pages. The result is that every page of this census contains several numbers, both stamped and handwritten. The numbers tend to perpetuate the out-of-order presentation of this census enumeration. When the rebound census book was microfilmed, the jumbled order was maintained. The complete 1850 Union Parish Census includes sheet numbers 349A – 408B and pages 1 – 118.

Locating a Specific Person on the 1850 Union Parish Census
The easiest method to locate any given individual is through the sheet numbers, the page numbers stamped on the originals. First locate the name in the index, and then find the corresponding sheet number on the transcribed censuses or the images given in the tables below.

Specific Regions on the 1850 Union Parish Census
Unfortunately, the 1850 enumerator recorded neither the wards that subdivided the parish nor the nearby post offices, so we cannot pinpoint the specific regions in which any individual family lived on this census. It is clear that he began his enumeration in the Town of Farmerville with sheet #349A, and all residents through sheet #352B or so lived there.

Index to the 1850 Union Parish Louisiana Census

1850 Union Parish Louisiana Census Transcriptions
349A – 360B	361A – 373A	373B – 385B	386A – 395B	396A – 408B

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1850 Union Parish Louisiana Census Images
349A	349B	350A	350B	351A	351B	352A	352B	353A	353B
354A	354B	355A	355B	356A	356B	357A	357B	358A	358B
359A	359B	360A	360B	361A	361B	362A	362B	363A	363B
364A	364B	365A	365B	366A	366B	367A	367B	368A	368B
369A	369B	370A	370B	371A	371B	372A	372B	373A	373B
374A	374B	375A	375B	376A	376B	377A	377B	378A	378B
379A	379B	380A	380B	381A	381B	382A	382B	383A	383B
384A	384B	385A	385B	386A	386B	387A	387B	388A	388B
389A	389B	390A	390B	391A	391B	392A	392B	393A	393B
394A	394B	395A	395B	396A	396B	397A	397B	398A	398B
399A	399B	400A	400B	401A	401B	402A	402B	403A	403B
404A	404B	405A	405B	406A	406B	407A	407B	408A	408B

1850 – 1880 Federal Census Schedules
The United States Federal Censuses of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 were all divided into various parts, called schedules. The regular "census" is technically known as the Population Schedule. Another part was the Mortality Schedule, which gives information on all people who died in the year preceeding the census day, which in those years was June 1, 18x0 (where x=5,6,7,8). To view an alphabetized listing of all (white) residents of Union Parish whose deaths were reported to the 1850 census enumerator, click on the link below. We hope to have a verbatim listing of all deaths (white and slave) in the near future.

1850 Union Parish Louisiana Mortality Schedule

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This page was last updated on 6 March 2010.
The 1850 census transcriptions and index were donated to the Union Parish Archives in October 1999.
The 1850 images were donated in August 1999.