1860 Census Macoupin County Illinois - Alphabetical Transcription
Contributed for "use only" on the Macoupin County Illinois Genealogy Pages.

©1984-2011 Littleton P. Bradley

Introduction to the 1860 Census Macoupin County Illinois transcribed by Littleton P. Bradley

Bradley Book Introduction (Must Read! for understanding labels, etc.)

Thank you, Mr. Bradley, for allowing this website to use your transcription of the 1860 Census for Macoupin County, Illinois. We recognize and appreciate the time you spent on transcribing the census in alphabetical order.

Scanner, typists, and proofreaders who transcribed the original Bradley book for the web:
Diana Bagans, Carolynn Bettis, Robert Bissell, Gwen Chaar, Larry and Gerry Clark, Robert Commagere, Jack Cox, Pat Crouse, Shirley Dawson, Debi Faris, Gloria Frazier, Sharon Haennelt, Marlene Bates Johnson, Joanne Kleppe, Sue Landers, Sue McMurry, Reba Mathis, Joan Miley, Pam Monroe, Charles Neff, Richard Neumann, Joyce Riechmann, Yvonne Stedman, Mark Strohbeck

**Please read** the introduction below to understand Mr. Bradley's alphabetical transcription of the 1860 Census for Macoupin County at this website.

Important note: The page numbers are not Original Page numbers except for the alpha letter "A". For instance, page A145, if you order the original page 145 of the census from the IL State Archives, that number will be correct. It will NOT be correct for pages starting with letters "C", "D" and "E".

** or * (asterisk(s) was added in the occupation column for changing the number to the name of the occupation if and when I get to it.

# (number sign) was added in the birth column for changing the number to the name of the birthplace if and when I get to it.

Hint: This is a bit tedious since these files are in text format but you can use your Edit Pulldown Menu and the Find feature to find something which is not easy to find on a page. For instance, to find all of one family number, enter the family number you are looking for in the Find window under the Edit pulldown menu. Say you enter 24 in the search window you are going to find everything with a 24 in it, like 240, an age 24, etc, but if you keep your eye on the "Family" column, the members of the number 24 Family can be found. Each surname letter will have to be searched to find all members in a family household.

(Based on microcopy 653, roll 206, purchased from the National Archives of the United States) Compiled, edited, and published by Littleton P. Bradley 1984

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Foreword and Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1

Brief Early History of Macoupin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Map of Macoupin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Explanation of Headings and Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Alphabetical List of 1860 Macoupin County Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

LIST OF PAGES

The pages contained in this publication are: I through iv; 1 through 17; A-1 through A-17; B-1 through B-48; C-1 throught C-45; D-1 through D-29; E-1 through E-15; F-1 through F-20; G-1 through G-24; H-1 through H-52; I-1; J-1 through J-15; K-1 through K-18; L-1 through L-25; M-1 through M-43; blank page; N-1 through N-10; O-1 through O-7; P-1 through P-26; Q-1 through Q-2; R-1 through R-29; blank page; S-1 through S-56; T-1 through T-18; U-1 through U-2; V-1 through V-7; W-1 through W-40; X-1; Y-1 through Y-5; Z-1; total number of pages; 557.


DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to the memory of my great grandfather, Littleton Porter Bradley, who was living in Macoupin County, Illinois, in 1860, and is listed in this 1860 census.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The cooperation and assistance of my wife, Vivian, are gratefully acknowledged. She helped me with the alphabetical sorting and filing of the 3X5 cards, and did some of the typing. Frances Ingmire handled the printing. My thanks are extended to each one who helped.


FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION

Macoupin is my home county (I was born in Virden), and genealogy has been one of my hobbies for a number of years. When the Illinois State Genealogical Society, of which I am a member, asked its members to compile the 1860 federal census of Illinois counties, I volunteered to transcribe the Macoupin County census from microfilm which I purchased from the National Archives. My family had given me some money as a retirement gift, and I applied it toward the purchase of a microfilm reader, which was used on this project. There are approximately 24,000 names in this Macoupin County list, and I doubt that I would have undertaken the task if I had realized that it would take the many hundreds of hours that it took. A 3X5 card was made for each name, and then the cards were arranged alphabetically before typing was begun. I felt that an alphabetical arrangement would be more useful than a transcription arranged in the same order as the original listing. An alphabetical index would have been necessary in that case.

There were problems which were encountered during the copying process:

The handwriting of the enumerators (census takers) was difficult to read in many cases. This was complicated by the handwriting style followed in the mid-1800's, and the number of immigrants into Macoupin County, particularly from several parts of Germany.

The spelling of names was not consistent by the census takers. Some names were spelled in several different ways. In some cases where spelling was difficult to interpret, I made duplicate cards or "see also" cards. Apostrophes were omitted in most cases. The enumerators probably guessed at the spelling of some names, or tried to spell them phonetically, so I recommend that the reader of this publication check all possible spellings of any name being researched.
To save printing costs, I decided to reduce the size of the pages, beginning with page A-1. This should cause little or no difficulty, however, since the legibility of each page is good. I trust that the users of this publication will find the reduced size to be acceptable.

Macoupin County was established on January 17, 1829, by the General Assembly of Illinois. This proposition to create the new county out of the eastern part of Green County was sponsored by legislator, Thomas Carlin, who became governor of Illinois in 1838. The county seat, Carlinville, was named as a gesture of appreciation to Thomas Carlin. The county was to be 36 miles from north to south and 24 miles from east to west.

There is a network of streams (creeks) crossing the county. The largest of these is Macoupin Creek. Several mounds also exist.

The county was named, "MACOUPIN," which is of Indian origin, and is abbreviated from "MACOUPINA," which signifies "white potato." It was the name the Indians gave to a wild artichoke which grew abundantly along the water courses. Many details of the county, its land, its people, its governments, etc., may be found in the two publications (1 and 2) listed below. Between 1850 and 1860, many Germans settled in Macoupin County, as will be seen by the number of German families listed herein.The map on the next page shows the approximate location of the 27 post offices listed in the census. Several are no longer in existence under the same name.

1. Excerpts from "The Story of Macoupin County, 1829 - 1979," by the Macoupin County Sesquicentennial Historic Committee, 1979.
2. Excerpts from "History of Macoupin County, Illinois," 1979.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The format of the pages listing the residents of Macoupin County in 1860 follows the same general format as the original pages completed by the census enumerators. The first and last columns have been added and are explained in the following paragraphs. Four additional columns in the census are not shown because of the nature of the two of them. They are: (1) married within the past year, (2) attended school within the year, (3) persons over 20 years of age who cannot read and write, and (4) whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, a pauper, or a convict. Anyone interested in these columns may of course check the microfilm or contact this writer.

NO. - This column was added to indicate the head of each household, and the numbers are alpha-numeric order for the entire Macoupin County list. They are in the same order as the alphabetical listing of names. See also the explanation for the last column, with the heading, "LW."

There were 4,441 heads of families in the county, divided among the letters of the alphabet as follows: A-149; B-418; C-388; D-231; E-111; F-150; G-167; H-392; I-6; J-121; K-135; L-189; M-359; N-62; O-49; P-194; Q-12; R-259; S-491; T-137; U-11; V-49; W-320; X-0; Y-34; Z-7.

PAGE - Each page of each census enumerator's forms has a number, beginning with the number "1." Unfortunately, however, each enumerator began with the same number. I have therefore added an "A" for the first enumerator (C. A. Andrews), a "B" for the second enumerator (Randolph J. Haley), a "C" for the third enumerator (W. M. Snow), and a "D" for the fourth enumerator (J. B. Steidley). This should assist those who desire to review the microfilms of the original census sheets.

Each of the enumerators was required to swear before the county clerk as to the completeness and accuracy of his work, as in the following example: "I, C. A. Andrews, assistant marshall for that portion of Macoupin County aforesaid west of the Chicago, Alton, and St. Louis Railroad, do solemnly swear that the foregoing returns have been made by me in accordance with my oath as assistant marshall and the instructions furnished me, to the best of my skill, knowledge, and ability so help me God."

FAM. - As each enumerator went from household to household (dwelling house), he gave each one a number in the order in which he visited them. Some dwellings were empty, but he gave each dwelling a number anyway. Those numbers are not included here. He also gave each family a number in the order in which he visited it. That number is shown in this column, and it may be used to identify those persons living in the same household. In some cases, more than one family resided in a dwelling house. If they had different surnames, they are listed under their surname, but the same number is used for everyone in that household. In a few cases, hotels were listed as households, with the hotel owner or operator as the head of the household. See also the explanation for the column entitled "LW."

T. - Each township in the county had a number, and it was shown at the top of each of the census taker's pages. Those numbers are copied in this column.

R. - As in the case of the townships, the range numbers shown at the top of each of the enumerator's pages are shown in this column.
 

PO. - Also at the top of each page was the name of the post office for those listed on that page. They are listed alphabetically and then a number was assigned to each post office (as shown below) to save space on these pages. Where a "T" follows the number, it indicates that the person resided in the town itself (if the enumerator indicated that).

It is possible that a person or family may have resided in a certain township, but received his mail through a post office not in that township. Therefore, the listing of a given post office on these pages should not be interpreted as a certainty that a given person or family lived in the same township as that shown by the name of the post office.

NAME - The names of all residents of Macoupin County on 1 June 1860 are shown in alphabetical order. The surname is in capital letters, and the given names listed alphabetically below each surname. Where names are similar, "see also" notations are shown after the surname.

The spelling may not be exactly correct in all cases. The handwriting of the enumerators was difficult to read in many instances, and some names were spelled in several different ways. They are shown here as the enumerator's handwriting was interpreted. Especially difficult to read were the letters, "L" and "S," and "R" and "K." It was also difficult to distinguish between small letters, "a" and "o." "e" and "i," "ee" and "u," "r" and "s," "r" and "n", etc.

The most popular given names for females were Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret. For males, the most popular names were William, John, James, George, Charles, Thomas, and Fredrick.

AGE - Each person's age is shown. If a child was less than one year old, the number of months (followed by the letter, "M") is shown.

S - The sex of each resident is shown.

C - The color of each resident is shown (W = white, B = black; M = mulatto). There were very few non-white residents listed.

OCC - The profession, occupation, or trade of each person, male and female, over 15 years of age is shown if he or she were engaged in a profession, occupation, or trade. The occupations are listed below in both numerical and alphabetical order. Numbers are used in the columns of the listings to save space. Number 23 (Gent) was most interesting to me. I assume that the men were "Gentlemen," but there was no indication of what that occupation was. Perhaps they were retired or wealthy, and not engaged in a particular profession, trade, or other occupation.

RE - The value of real estate owned is shown here.

PP - The value of the personal estate is shown here.

B - The state or the country in which each person was born is shown in this column. Countries are identified by a number, and states are identified by the abbreviation of the state's name.

LW (Listed With) - This column was added to show the number of the head of the household with which each person is listed. If the surname of the person is different from that of the head of the household, the number in this column shows the number of the head of the household with whom the person did reside. For example, if John Smith lived in the John Brown household, the number of John Brown's household is shown here. By turning to that number, the reader can see with whom John Smith was living when the census was taken. The same is true for all persons, whether having the same surname of a different one. All persons having the same "LW" number were Living in the same household, and the persons having a number in the "NO." column were the heads of the households. In a few cases, the owner or operator of a hotel was listed as the head of the household.

If the user of this publication desires to know the names of neighbors of a given person or family, he may refer to the column entitled, "FAM." And look for numbers just lower and just higher than the number of the person known.