SPECIAL PROJECTS
Escambia County, Florida
Census Transcription Project

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Census Project Links


• 1830 Census
• 1840 Census Introduction
• 1840 Census
• 1840 Census - Misc. Schedules
• 1850 Census Introduction
• 1850 Census
• 1860 Census
• 1885 Census (North)

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1840 CENSUS INTRODUCTION

As with the 1830 census of Escambia County, Florida, this 1840 census is brought to you courtesy of a group of dedicated volunteers in the West Florida Genealogical Society. Their names are at the top of the transcription.

Please note that this census is divided into two sections. The first section contains the data on the numbers of people in each household. The second section contains the rest of the census data. The second section is in two parts - an upper and lower. Both parts are marked with the household names to make tracking across the rows easy. Be sure not the miss the bottom part of the second page. It contains the education information of the people in the households.

This transcription effort started in Jan of 2000 and was competed 17 Sep 2000. The same procedures were followed as are outlined in the introduction to the 1830 census.

Where we were unsure of a letter or name we enclosed it in brackets like [this.] We took particular care to ensure all of the data totaled correctly both across and down to preclude having any marks in the wrong cell. Everything checks mathematically.

We are now ready to expand these census data as well to include specific information about each person or family for which we receive an input from a researcher. If you have reliable data on any of the families listed and would like to have your information included in the next update of the census, send via any of the methods listed below.

• Mail to:
  WFGS
  P.O. Box 947
  Pensacola, FL 32591-0947
• Email to:
  Ginny Deagan, EscambiaCoUSGenWeb Coordinator
  Jerry Merritt, Census Transcription Project Manager
  Bonnie Griffis Lewis, WFGS Webmaster

All information will become property of the WFGS for purposes of publishing follow-on updates to the 1830 census. Submitters will be given credit for their inputs.