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African Americans In The 1855 New York State Census
For Cayuga County, New York
Auburn NY Surname Section "A" thru "H"

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 P
reservation 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
adams john   1855 auburn 4 26 m b 331 360       wayne   prison         mhl  
atkins susan   1855 auburn 2 22 f m 153 178 wife of ? m 3 orange         r y mhl  
atkins ? henry   1855 auburn 3 38 m m 153 178 barber m 3 saratoga brick w/ patrick vasey       y mhl  
bell robert * 1855 auburn 4 30 m m           DC   prison         mhl  
bloomfield diana * 1855 auburn 1 60 f b 112 135 mother w 51 unknown         il y mhl  
bogart harriet c.   1855 auburn 2 45 f b 156 182 wife m 25 cayuga           y mhl  
bogart harriet e.   1855 auburn 2 17 f b 156 182 child   17 cayuga           y mhl  
bogart nicholas   1855 auburn 2 50 m b 156 182 sexton m 25 NJ brick 1000/landowner   v r   mhl  
brown clarence h.   1855 auburn 1 1 m m 57 62 child   1 cayuga           y mhl  
brown edwin h.   1855 auburn 1 19 m m 57 62 child/barber   2 MI           y mhl  
brown emily   1855 auburn 1 7 f m 57 62 child   7 cayuga           y mhl  
brown hannah   1855 auburn 1 4 f m 57 62 child   4 cayuga           y mhl  
brown john e.   1855 auburn 1 17 m m 57 62 child   7 monroe co.           y mhl  
brown phebe   1855 auburn 1 27 f m 57 62 wife m 11 westchester         r y mhl  
brown william s. * 1855 auburn 1 45 m m 57 62 cabinet maker m 9 KY frame 600 / landowner   v     mhl  
brown wm. h.   1855 auburn 1 6 m m 57 62 child   6 cayuga           y mhl  
burns benjamin   1855 auburn 1 41 m ? 252 306 blacksmith m 6 R.I.             mhl  
burns mary a.   1855 auburn 1 44 f m 252 306 wife m 6 Conn frame 300/landowner         mhl  
butler betsy * 1855 auburn 1 46 f b 112 137 blank w 18 Canada           y mhl  
butler hellen m.   1855 auburn 1 11 f b 112 137 daughter   11 cayuga           y mhl  
butler john * 1855 auburn 2 28 m b 120 137 servant w 3 mo. (W?)VA   w/ seward fam.   v     mhl  
butler sarah m.   1855 auburn 1 15 f b 112 137 daughter   15 cayuga           y mhl  
cambell anna * 1855 auburn 2 29 f b 120 137 servant m 1 1/2 (W?)VA   w/ seward fam.       y mhl  
cambell anna   1855 auburn 2 10 f m 156 182 boarder   1/2? Penn           y mhl  
carter harrison * 1855 auburn 4 24 m b           KY   prison         mhl  
carter thomas   1855 auburn 4 30 m m           Penn   prison         mhl  
cass william * 1855 auburn 4 35 m b           VA   prison         mhl  
colman john * 1855 auburn 4 58 m b           Louisiana   prison         mhl  
conway anna m.   1855 auburn 2 15 f b 159 205 child   15 cayuga             mhl  
conway charlotte   1855 auburn 2 32 f b 159 205 na m 32 cayuga frame 300/ landowner         mhl  
conway jeremiah   1855 auburn 2 13 m b 159 205 child   13 cayuga             mhl  
conway marie   1855 auburn 2 15 f b 185 226 servant   15 cayuga   w/ lorenzo pye?       y mhl  
cook william h. * 1855 auburn 4 24 m b           D.C.   prison         mhl  
craig peter   1855 auburn 4 31 m b           Ohio   prison         mhl  
crocker emily   1855 auburn 3 18 f m 2 2 wife m 6 mo broome           y mhl  
crocker martha   1855 auburn 3 1 f m 2 2 child   6 mo broome           y mhl  
crocker william   1855 auburn 3 20 m m 2 2 barber m 8 mo broome brick not land owner       y mhl  
crowell catharine e.   1855 auburn 3 14 f m 108 115 child   3 Penn           y mhl  
crowell elijah a.   1855 auburn 3 7 m m 108 115 child   3 oswego           y mhl  
crowell harriett   1855 auburn 3 10 f m 108 115 child   3 chemung           y mhl  
crowell malinda   1855 auburn 3 39 f m 108 115 wife m 3 Penn           y mhl  
crowell mathilda   1855 auburn 3 5 f m 108 115 child   3 oswego           y mhl  
crowell william * 1855 auburn 3 34 m b 108 115 zions e.m. m 3 MD frame 1600/ not landowner       y mhl  
decamp betsy   1855 auburn 3 21 f m 3 6 wife m   cayuga         r y mhl  
decamp george   1855 auburn 3 26 m m 3 6 porter m   duches stone 3500/owner chas sherwood       y mhl  
demind ? solomon   1855 auburn 1 27 m b 112 136 barber/ boarder m 5 seneca           y mhl lot 122 NE, G S '46 to Sol Deman
dennison william   1855 auburn 2 15? m b   346? servant   10 cayuga   w/ wm. Wood         mhl  
depew ? debby   1855 auburn 3 33 f m 109 116 wife w 16 cayuga frame 100/landowner     r   mhl  
depew ? georgietta   1855 auburn 3 5 f m 109 116 child   5 cayuga           y mhl  
depew ? john h   1855 auburn 3 11 m m 109 116 child   11 cayuga           y mhl  
depew ? morrison   1855 auburn 3 13 m m 109 116 child   13 cayuga           y mhl  
depew ? ruth   1855 auburn 3 7 f m 109 116 child   7 cayuga           y mhl  
derick william   1855 auburn 4 39 m b prison         otsego   prison         mhl  
dubois julia a.   1855 auburn 1 43 f b 104 118 blanl w 10 dutchess         il y mhl  
dunkinson nelson   1855 auburn 2 15 m m 134 153 servant/waiter   15 cayuga   w/jonas white       y mhl  
earls calvin?   1855 auburn 4 29 m b           monroe   prison         mhl  
fisher john   1855 auburn 3 67 m blank 206 222 father of wm. w 2 R.I.       v     mhl  
foster henrietta * 1855 auburn 1 28 f m 2 2 wife m 4 unknown             mhl  
foster orville   1855 auburn 1 29 m m 2 2 painter m 4 jefferson frame 350/ landowner   v     mhl o.m.tr toll 30, NW q. G.S. '46
freeman augustus   1855 auburn 2 5 m b 158 203 child   5 cayuga           y mhl  
freeman catharine   1855 auburn 2 48 f b 157 202 wife m 29 cayuga           y mhl  
freeman fanny m   1855 auburn 2 30 f m 158 203 wife   30 cayuga           y mhl  
freeman frances   1855 auburn 2 3 m b 158 203 child   3 cayuga           y mhl  
freeman frederick   1855 auburn 2 6 mo m m 158 203 child   6 mo cayuga           y mhl  
freeman george   1855 auburn 2 13 m b 157 202 child   13 cayuga           y mhl  
freeman harriet   1855 auburn 2 23 f b 157 202 child   23 cayuga           y mhl  
freeman helen e.   1855 auburn 2 19 f b 157 202 child   19 cayuga           y mhl  
freeman james w.   1855 auburn 2 33 m b 158 203 white washer   6 orange frame not landowner       y mhl  
freeman lafarge m.   1855 auburn 2 11 m b 158 203 child   11 cayuga           y mhl  
freeman lewis h.   1855 auburn 2 14 m b 157 202 barber/ child   14 cayuga           y mhl  
freeman mary   1855 auburn 2 12 f m 158 203 child   12 cayuga           y mhl  
freeman mathilda   1855 auburn 2 15 f b 157 202 child   15 cayuga           y mhl  
freeman morgan   1855 auburn 2 50 m b 157 202 barber m 50 cayuga frame 300? / landowner   v il   mhl  
freeman sally   1855 auburn 1 61 f b 112 137 boarder w 46 Conn           y mhl  
fry charlotte   1855 auburn 3 22 f b 114 121 niece   6 st lawrence           y mhl  
gough joseph   1855 auburn 4 23 m b           onondaga   prison         mhl  
gray adam   1855 auburn 3 54 m b 219 135 laborer m 29 Penn board 100/not land owner       y mhl  
gray ann   1855 auburn 3 46 f b 219 135 wife   29 albany           y mhl  
gray chester   1855 auburn 1 22 m b 112 136 labourer m 22 cayuga   not landowner     r y mhl  
gray george   1855 auburn 3 15 m b 219 135 laborer   15 cayuga           y mhl  
gray sarah m.   1855 auburn 1 20 f b 112 136 wife m 20 cayuga           y mhl  
hanson betsy   1855 auburn 4 46 ? f b 78 94 na m 10 albany frame 100/not land owner     r y mhl  
hanson catharine   1855 auburn 4 5 f m 78 94 child   5 orleans           y mhl  
hanson illegible   1855 auburn 4 14 m m 78 94 child   10 cayuga           y mhl  
harding george   1855 auburn 4 32 m m           albany   prison         mhl  
hartil ? georgeanna   1855 auburn 2 28 f b 170 207 boarder   1 mo albany   boarder       y mhl  
henton thomas   1855 auburn 4 21 m b 120 124?       Ohio   prison            
hill charles a.   1855 auburn 4 25 m m           Penn   prison         mhl  
hix henry   1855 auburn 4 42 m b           long is.   prison         mhl  
hollis rebeca   1855 auburn 4 40 f m 78 94 boarder w 3 Penn   boarder       y mhl  
horn ? isabella   1855 auburn 1 23 f b 104 118 daughter m 10 dutchess         r y mhl  
horn ? walter   1855 auburn 1 1 m b 104 118 gr. Son   1 cayuga           y mhl  
horn ? welen a.   1855 auburn 1 5 f b 104 118 gr. daughter   5 onondaga           y mhl  
hornbeck cornelia   1855 auburn 3 14 f b 192 208 child   14 cayuga           y mhl  
hornbeck mary   1855 auburn 3 55 f b 192 208 wife m 15 NY         il y mhl  
hornbeck sebio ? 1855 auburn 3 69 m b 192 208 laborer m 15 blank frame 200/not land owner   v il   mhl  

 1855 New York State Census - African-Americans Of Cayuga County, New York
Auburn NY Surname Section "A" thru "H"
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
To download a copy of the above table as a MS-EXCEL file, CLICK HERE

1855 NY State Census African Americans In Cayuga County, New York
Auburn Section - Surnames "A" - "H"
1855 NY State Census African Americans In Cayuga County, New York
Auburn Section - Surnames "J" - "W"
1855 NY State Census African Americans In Cayuga County, New York
Town Section - "Aurelius" - "Ledyard"
1855 NY State Census African Americans In Cayuga County, New York
Town Section - "Mentz" - "Venice"

Click On The Year Links Below To View Census Information About African Americans
In Cayuga County NY For 1820-1870

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