African Americans In The
1855 New York State Census
For Cayuga County, New York
Town Section "Aurelius" thru "Ledyard"
This database was developed as part of the
"Survey of Sites Relating to the Underground Railroad, Abolitionism,
and
African American Life in Auburn and Cayuga County, 1820-1870"
Sponsored by the
City
of Auburn Historic Resources Review Board
Funded by Preserve New
York, a grant program of the
Preservation League of New York State and the New York State Council on the
Arts.
Coordinated by Judith Wellman, Historical New York Research Associates
Compiled in cooperation with the
Cayuga County, New York, Historian's
Office
| last name | first name | fug.? | source | city/town | ward | age | sex | color | hse# | fam.# | occup./relation | m'd/w'd? | yrs res. | birth pl. | hse. mat. | val. prop. /owner | $ per.prop | sch./nat. vot? | 21+, illit. | -tx'd | res'rcher | added notes |
| dey | julie | 1855 | aurelius | 35 | f | b | 120 | 120 | wife | m | 3 mo | ontario | mhl | |||||||||
| dey | robert | 1855 | aurelius | 40 | m | b | 120 | 120 | labourer | m | 3 mo | onondaga | not landowner | mhl | ||||||||
| dey? | mary j. | 1855 | aurelius | 17 | f | b | 120 | 120 | child | 3 mo | yates | mhl | ||||||||||
| dorsey | thos. | 1855 | aurelius | 24 | m | b | 120 | 120 | boarder?/laborer | 3 mo | onondaga? | mhl | ||||||||||
| hobard ? | anna | 1855 | aurelius | 76 | f | b | 167 | 167 | wife | m | 3 mo | VT | r | mhl | ||||||||
| hobard ? | ebenzer | 1855 | aurelius | 75 | m | b | 167 | 167 | labourer | m | 3 mo | VT | frame | 500/ not landowner | il | y | mhl | |||||
| hobard ? | john | 1855 | aurelius | 8 | m | b | 167 | 167 | g. child | 2 mo | venice ? | mhl | ||||||||||
| hobard ? | martha | 1855 | aurelius | 26? | f | b | 167 | 167 | child | m | 2 mo | cayuga | mhl | |||||||||
| hobard ? | timothy | 1855 | aurelius | 26 | m | b | 167 | 167 | labourer/child | m | 2 mo | madison | r | y | mhl | |||||||
| shorter | sally | *? | 1855 | aurelius | 80 | f | m | 76 | 76 | w | 40 | Post Garden? | frame | 600/landowner | r | mhl | ||||||
| tomson | catharine | 1855 | aurelius | 1 | f | b | 152 | 152 | 4 mo | NY | w/ john p. matthew | mhl | ||||||||||
| tomson | louise | * DC? | 1855 | aurelius | 35 | f | b | 152 | 152 | domestic | m | 4 mo | columbia | w/ john p. matthew | mhl | |||||||
| brown | pamela | 1855 | brutus | 60 | f | b | 316 | 316 | wife | blank | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| brown | robert | 1855 | brutus | 38 | m | b | 316 | 316 | blank | blank | blank | cayuga | shanty | 100? | y | mhl | ||||||
| craddock | william | 1855 | brutus | 17 | m | m | 320 | 320 | hired man, farm | blank | cayuga | w john s sheldon | ||||||||||
| dowsy? | ger | 1855 | brutus | 21 | m | b | 348 | 348 | hired man | blank | cayuga | w/ love s. hilb | mhl | |||||||||
| fary ? | phebe j | 1855 | brutus | 16 | f | b | 129 | 129 | servant | cayuga | w/ henry filly ? | mhl | ||||||||||
| fry | adda ? | 1855 | brutus | 7 | f | b | 187 | 187 | child | blank | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| fry | amanda f. | 1855 | brutus | 5 | f | b | 187 | 187 | child | blank | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| fry | marget | 1855 | brutus | 2 | f | b | 187 | 187 | child | blank | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| gardner | esther | 1855 | brutus | 13 | f | m | 166 | 166 | servant | blank | berkshire | w/julius henderson | mhl | |||||||||
| haley? | d.a.? | 1855 | brutus | 25 | f | b | 235 | 235 | boarder | blank | herkimer? | mhl | ||||||||||
| jackson | fanny | 1855 | brutus | 83 | f | b | 113 | 113 | blank | blank | blank | mhl | ||||||||||
| johnson | e.p. | 1855 | brutus | 27 | m | b | 84 | 84 | barber | m | 2 | onondaga | wood | 250 / not landowner | mhl | |||||||
| johnson | susan e, | 1855 | brutus | 26 | f | b | 84 | 84 | wife | m | blank | tomkins | mhl | |||||||||
| kellogg | dan | 1855 | brutus | 50 | m | b | 360 | 360 | nothing | [m] | blank | herkimer | mhl | |||||||||
| kellogg | diane | 1855 | brutus | 49 | f | b | 360 | 360 | wife | [m] | blank | herkimer | mhl | |||||||||
| king | lewis | 1855 | brutus | 39 | m | b | 361 | 361 | farmer | 5 | orange co | wood | 500/landowner | |||||||||
| lont | cathrine | 1855 | brutus | 18 | f | b? | 237 | 237 | servant | blank | cayuga | w/ elisha mark, farmer | ||||||||||
| rose | adeline | 1855 | brutus | 23 | f | b | 113 | 113 | child | blank | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| rose | diane | 1855 | brutus | 48 | f | b | 113 | 113 | wife | m | blank | cayuga | mhl | |||||||||
| rose | elijah | 1855 | brutus | 45 | m | b | 113 | 113 | blank | m | 1 ? | seneca | wood | 50/ not landowner | y | mhl | ||||||
| smith | james | 1855 | brutus | 30 | m | b | 235 | 235 | farmer | m | blank | new york | shanty | no $ given/not landowner | y | mhl | ||||||
| smith | julia? | 1855 | brutus | 18 | f | b | 235 | 235 | wife | m | blank | cayuga | mhl | |||||||||
| snodwell | catharine | 1855 | brutus | 30 | f | b | 187 | 187 | wife | m | blank | cayuga | mhl | |||||||||
| snodwell | charles | 1855 | brutus | 27 | m | b | 187 | 187 | barber | m | 6 | cayuga | wood | 200/ not landowner | y | mhl | ||||||
| snodwell | phebe | 1855 | brutus | 13 | f | b | 187 | 187 | child | blank | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| tucker | frank | 1855 | brutus | 5 | m | blank | 84 | 84 | child | blank | stueben | mhl | ||||||||||
| van schock | isabel | 1855 | brutus | 30 | f | b | 344 | 344 | blank | blank | cayuga | wood | 300 / landowner? | mhl | ||||||||
| van schock | james | 1855 | brutus | 22 | m | m | 327 | 327 | servant | blank | cayuga | w/ Phil. Pennington | mhl | |||||||||
| van schock | richard | 1855 | brutus | 30 | m | b | 344 | 344 | no prof. | blank | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| welch | susan | 1855 | brutus | 18 | f | b | 316 | 316 | child | blank | cayuga | white neighbors=welch | mhl | |||||||||
| williams | betsy | * | 1855 | brutus | 45 | f | b | 318 | 318 | wife | m | blank | columbia | mhl | ||||||||
| williams | l. . .? | 1855 | brutus | 63 | m | b | 318 | 318 | blank | m | blank | cayuga | shanty | no $ given/not landowner | mhl | |||||||
| Loukes | Jacob | * | 1855 | Cato | 30 | m | M | 134 | 137 | boarder/servant | Columbia | Frame | w/ George Hoskins-Farmer | Y | TLW | |||||||
| Stuart | Daniel | * | 1855 | Cato | 32 | m | M | 275 | 290 | Barber | 6 mo. | PA | Frame | Y | TLW | |||||||
| Stuart | Margarett | * | 1855 | Cato | 36 | f | M | 275 | 290 | wife | 6 mo. | Canada | TLW | |||||||||
| Mafle | Hellin | 1855 | Conquest | 11 | f | b | 39 | 40 | Servant | 4 yrs. | Cayuga | w/ Eaker-Farmer | TLW | |||||||||
| 0 blacks | 1855 | fleming | mhl | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime | Henry | 1855 | Genoa | 13 | m | b | 16 | 16 | Servant | 13 | Cayuga | w/ Gilbert Lockwood-Farmer | TLW | |||||||||
| Prime | Simeon | 1855 | Genoa | 53 | m | b | 74 | 76 | Farmer | 20 yrs. | NJ | Plank | TLW | |||||||||
| Prime | Sophia | 1855 | Genoa | 50 | f | b | 74 | 76 | wife | 20 | NJ | TLW | ||||||||||
| Prime | Aaron | 1855 | Genoa | 10 | m | b | 74 | 76 | child | 10 | Cayuga | TLW | ||||||||||
| Freeman | Tarquin | 1855 | Ira | 33 | m | b | 110 | 113 | Farmer | 1 mo. | Onondaga | Logs | Y | TLW | cannot read/write | |||||||
| Freeman | Mary Ann | 1855 | Ira | 20 | f | b | 110 | 113 | wife | 1 mo. | Tompkins | Y | TLW | |||||||||
| Freeman | Almyra | 1855 | Ira | 2 | f | b | 110 | 113 | child | 1 mo. | Onondaga | Y | TLW | |||||||||
| Freeman | Alonzo | 1855 | Ira | 1 | m | b | 110 | 113 | child | 1 mo. | Onondaga | Y | TLW | |||||||||
| Smith | Charles | 1855 | Ira | 35 | m | M | 110 | 114 | Farmer | 1 mo. | Herkimer | w/ Tarquin Freeman | Y | TLW | ||||||||
| Smith | Jane | 1855 | Ira | 22 | f | M | 110 | 114 | wife | 1 mo. | Vermont | Y | TLW | cannot read/write | ||||||||
| armwood | alonzo | 1855 | ledyard | 14 | m | b | 190 | 205 | child | 14 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| armwood | amy | 1855 | ledyard | 16 | f | b | 190 | 205 | child | 16 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| armwood | anna | 1855 | ledyard | 50 | f | b | 190 | 205 | wife | [m] | 45 | schenectady | il | mhl | ||||||||
| armwood | Mearcilla | 1855 | ledyard | 13 | f | b | 190 | 205 | child | 13 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| armwood | timothy | 1855 | ledyard | 22 | m | b | 190 | 205 | child | 22 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| armwood | whitington | * | 1855 | ledyard | 53 | m | b | 190 | 205 | labourer | [m] | 44 | MD | frame | 50/ not landowner | il | y | mhl | ||||
| baker | david | 1855 | ledyard | 21 | m | b | 101 | 110 | laborer/servant | 1 | cayuga | w/john searing, farmer | mhl | |||||||||
| carmicle | elenor | 1855 | ledyard | 65 | f | b | 235 | 252 | w | 2 mo | seneca | frame | 200 / not landowner ? | not copied | mhl | |||||||
| carmicle | sally a. | 1855 | ledyard | 29 | f | b | 235 | 252 | child | 2 mo | seneca | not copied | mhl | |||||||||
| cooper | joseph | 1855 | ledyard | 54 | m | b | 342 | 367 | laborer | m | 27 | NY | frame | 500/ landowner | v | il | mhl | |||||
| cooper | sarah | 1855 | ledyard | 42 | f | b | 342 | 367 | wife | m | 33 | cayuga | mhl | |||||||||
| cooper | zilpha | 1855 | ledyard | 15 | f | b | 342 | 367 | child | 15 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| cromwell | william | 1855 | ledyard | 36 | m | b | 343 | 368 | wagon mk/neph. | 30 | onondaga | y | mhl | |||||||||
| gover | betsy | 1855 | ledyard | 38 | f | b | 28 | 32 | wife | m | 2 mo | cayuga | r | mhl | ||||||||
| gover | samuel | 1855 | ledyard | 40 | m | b | 28 | 32 | laborer | m | 2 mo | penn | frame | 200/ landowner | il | mhl | ||||||
| greggor? | josephine | 1855 | ledyard | 9 | f | b | 358 | 385 | bound | 9 | cayuga | w/ seneca boyce | mhl | |||||||||
| griger | edwin | 1855 | ledyard | 4 | m | b | 364 | 388 | child | 4 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| griger | henry | 1855 | ledyard | 16 | m | b | 364 | 388 | laborer/ child | 16 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| griger | jerome? | 1855 | ledyard | 28 | m | b | 364 | 388 | laborer/ child | 18 | cayuga | y | mhl | |||||||||
| griger | john | 1855 | ledyard | 13 | m | b | 364 | 388 | child | 13 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| griger | rome | * | 1855 | ledyard | 60 | m | ? | 364 | 388 | [father] | w | 18 | west indies | frame | 500/landowner | nat. | ||||||
| griger | rome | * | 1855 | ledyard | 60 | m | b | 364 | 388 | carpenter | w | 18 | w, indies | frame | 500/ landowner | natur. v | mhl | |||||
| griger | sherbourn | 1855 | ledyard | 18 | m | b | 364 | 388 | laborer/ child | 18 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| griger | tallman | 1855 | ledyard | 15 | m | b | 364 | 388 | child | 15 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| griger | wallace | 1855 | ledyard | 7 | m | b | 364 | 388 | child | 7 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| griger | william | 1855 | ledyard | 11 | m | b | 364 | 388 | child | 11 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| hart/heart | ellen | 1855 | ledyard | 4 mo | f | b | 153 | 165 | child | 4 mo | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| hart/heart | joseph | 1855 | ledyard | 3 | m | b | 153 | 165 | child | 3 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| hart/heart | mary e | 1855 | ledyard | 9 | f | b | 153 | 165 | child | 9 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| hart/heart | sarah j. | 1855 | ledyard | 27 | f | b | 153 | 165 | wife | m | 27 | cayuga | mhl | |||||||||
| hart/heart | sarah j. | 1855 | ledyard | 7 | f | b | 153 | 165 | child | 7 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| hart/heart | thomas | * | 1855 | ledyard | 35 | m | b | 153 | 165 | farmer | m | 10 | MD | frame | 200/not landowner | y | mhl | |||||
| henry | joseph? | 1855 | ledyard | 36? | m | b | ? | faint# | servant | ? | cayuga | w/stephen gifford,butcher | mhl | |||||||||
| johnson | mary e | 1855 | ledyard | 70 | f | b | 343 | 368 | wife | m | 50 | NJ | mhl | |||||||||
| johnson | moses | 1855 | ledyard | 67 | m | b | 343 | 368 | laborer | m | 20 | NJ | frame | 300/ landowner | v | mhl | ||||||
| mathews | nancy | 1855 | ledyard | 31 | f | b | 325 | 350 | servant | 12 | cayuga | w/ebenez. Ames/amery? | mhl | |||||||||
| normick? | monica? | 1855 | ledyard | 25 | f | b | ? | 269? | servant | 5 | cayuga | w/james & maria betsy? | mhl | |||||||||
| patterson? | cooky? | 1855 | ledyard | 60? | f | b | 13 | 13 | blank | w | 3 | Conn | board | 100?/not landowner | y | mhl | ||||||
| ray | john | * | 1855 | ledyard | 23 | m | b | 71 | 78 | servant | 2 | unknown | w/ nelson king, farmer | y | mhl | |||||||
| scott | john | 1855 | ledyard | 60 | m | b | 263 | 281 | servant/laborer | 10 | orange | w/ augustus howland | il | mhl | ||||||||
| tate | diane | * | 1855 | ledyard | 66 | f | b | 365 | 389 | wife | m | 15 | unknown | il | mhl | |||||||
| tate | james | 1855 | ledyard | 39 | m | b | ? | faint# | boarder | ? | cayuga? | w/stephen gifford,butcher | mhl | |||||||||
| tate | john | 1855 | ledyard | 68 | m | b | 365 | 389 | laborer | m | 15 | NJ | frame | 300/ not landowner | il | y | mhl | |||||
| thomas | francis | 1855 | ledyard | 4 | m | b | 240 | 257 | child | 4 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| thomas | james | 1855 | ledyard | 30 | m | b | 240 | 257 | laborer | m | 5 | seneca | frame | 75 / landowner col. msg | mhl | |||||||
| thomas | llucy | 1855 | ledyard | 3 | f | b | 240 | 257 | child | 3 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| thomas | margaret | 1855 | ledyard | 26 | f | b | 240 | 257 | wife | [m] | 5 | cayuga | mhl | |||||||||
| thomas | nancy | 1855 | ledyard | 6 | f | b | 240 | 257 | child | 5 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| thomas | sarah m. | 1855 | ledyard | 1 | f | b | 240 | 257 | child | 1 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| wheatly | sophia | 1855 | ledyard | 30 | f | b | 169 | 182 | servant | 5 | cayuga | w/ enoch schoby | mhl | |||||||||
| young | ann e. | 1855 | ledyard | 16 | f | b | 344 | 369 | servant | 16 | cayuga | w/ john leech | mhl | |||||||||
| young | caroline | 1855 | ledyard | 18 | f | b | 341 | 366 | servant | 18 | cayuga | w/wm. Bryant/jane | mhl | |||||||||
| youngs | charles | 1855 | ledyard | 13 | m | b | 291 | 314 | child | 13 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| youngs | george | 1855 | ledyard | 9 | m | b | 291 | 314 | child | 9 | cayuga | mhl | ||||||||||
| youngs | lucretia | 1855 | ledyard | 50 | f | b | 291 | 314 | wife | [m] | 50 | cayuga | mhl | |||||||||
| youngs | saul | 1855 | ledyard | 54 | m | b | 291 | 314 | boat builder | m | 28 | queens | frame | 250/not landowner | v | mhl |
1855 New York State Census - African-Americans Of Cayuga County,
New York
Town Section "Aurelius" thru "Ledyard"
This database was developed as part of the
"Survey of Sites Relating to the Underground Railroad, Abolitionism,
and
African American Life in Auburn and Cayuga County, 1820-1870"
Sponsored by the
City
of Auburn Historic Resources Review Board
Funded by Preserve New
York, a grant program of the
Preservation League of New York State
and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Coordinated by Judith Wellman, Historical New York Research Associates
Compiled in cooperation with the
Cayuga County, New York, Historian's
Office
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