1850 Census - African Americans in Dauphin County
B Surnames
- Bailey, Benjamin
location: Harrisburg, East Ward
visitation (house/family): 153/158
description (age/sex/color): 45/M/M
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Maryland
notes: Living in the dwelling of Wolf, John (see listing) "Cannot read and write."
census page: 86A
other members in household:
- Ann R. Bailey
description: 29/F/M
place of birth: Maryland
notes:
- Harriet Ann Bailey
description: 4/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Attended school within the year."
- James Butler
description: 40/M/B
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Maryland
notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Louisa Butler
description: 35/F/B
place of birth: Maryland
notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Ball, Haram
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 248/320
description (age/sex/color): 30/M/B
occupation: Laborer
value of real estate owned: 200
place of birth: Virginia
notes:
census page: 71A-71B
other members in household:
- Mary Ball
description: 30/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Sarah Ball
description: 14/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Joshua Ball
description: 6/M/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Amanda Ball
description: 4/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other households in dwelling:
- John Williams
visitation (house/family): 248/321
description (age/sex/color): 40/M/B
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other members in household:
- Polly Williams
description: 41/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Maria Williams
description: 12/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Hannah Williams
description: 10/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- John Williams
description: 8/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Joshua Williams
description: 6/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Jacob Williams
description: 5/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Valentine Brown
description: 40/M/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Catharine Brown
description: 37/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- James Brown
description: 10/M/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Hannah Brown
description: 8/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Sarah Brown
description: 4/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Banyan, Hannah
description: 60/F/B
place of birth: Delaware
notes: Living in the household of Thomas Earley, in the dwelling of Adod, Abraham (see listing).
- Batten, Alfred
location: Harrisburg, West Ward (458/510)
description (age/sex/color): 8/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in hotel kept by Edward Perkins, possibly the child of Martha Batten, the cook. Other African Americans living here are Joseph Scott, Martha Batten and Eliza Trusty.
census page: 34B
- Batten, Martha
location: Harrisburg, West Ward (458/510)
description (age/sex/color): 33/F/M
occupation: Cook
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in hotel kept by Edward Perkins, apparently as staff. Other African Americans living here are Joseph Scott, Alfred Batten (possibly her son) and Eliza Trusty.
census page: 34B
- Battis, Catharine
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 89/95
description (age/sex/color): 42/F/B
occupation: (none listed)
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Maryland
notes:
census page: 55A
other members in household:
- Darcus Maycol
description: 37/F/B
place of birth: Maryland
notes:
- Catharine Maycol
description: 3/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- William Maycol
description: 1/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Ann E. Nixon
description: 27/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Bazol Maycol
description: 40/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other households in dwelling:
- Fanny Johnson
visitation (house/family): 89/96
description (age/sex/color): 65/F/M
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other members in household:
- Mary Fiattz
description: 23/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Henry Fiattz
description: 5/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- John B. Fiattz
description: 3/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Battis, William
description: 12/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In household of Alsop, Thomas (see listing)
- Beardley, Adam
description: 8/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Child living in the household of Berry, John, barber (see listing).
- Bell, Eli
location: Harrisburg, North Ward (52/53)
description (age/sex/color): 28/M/B
occupation: Waiter
place of birth: Virginia
notes: Enumerated in hotel operated by Jacob Sanders. (see Bell, Eli, directly below)
census page: 51A-51B
- Bell, Eli
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 187/234
description (age/sex/color): 28/M/M
occupation: Waiter
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in dwelling of Scott, James (see listing) "Cannot read and write."
census page: 66A
other members in household:
- Sarah Bell
description: 24/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Maria Bell
description: 4 mos./F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Belt, Harriet
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (116/116)
description (age/sex/color): 20/F/M
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated at Daniel Herr's hotel. See also the household of Rebecca Belt, below.
census page: 83A-83B
List of all African Americans in this hotel: George Malony, Samuel Bennet, Ann E. Bennet, George Hamilton, Jacob Bennett, John Smith, Peter Adley, Augustus Coates, Phebe Belt, Mary Carter, Ann Foot, Eliza Forrest, Margaret James, Julia Green, Harriet Belt, Charles Bradford and John Fyatt.
- Belt, Phebe
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (116/116)
description (age/sex/color): 25/F/M
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated at Daniel Herr's hotel. See also the household of Rebecca Belt, below, which lists a Pheoba, possibly the same person.
census page: 83A-83B
List of all African Americans in this hotel: George Malony, Samuel Bennet, Ann E. Bennet, George Hamilton, Jacob Bennett, John Smith, Peter Adley, Augustus Coates, Phebe Belt, Mary Carter, Ann Foot, Eliza Forrest, Margaret James, Julia Green, Harriet Belt, Charles Bradford and John Fyatt.
- Belt, Rebecca
visitation (house/family): 465/517
description: 53/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Cannot read and write." In dwelling of Rev. Nelson T. Tarpin (see listing)
- Martha do
description: 22/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Henrietta Belt
description: 17/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Attended school within the year."
- Phoeba do
description: 24/F/B
occupation: Cook
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Attended school within the year."
- Bennet, Charlotte
location: Harrisburg, North Ward (18/19)
description (age/sex/color): 15/F/M
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In household of Jane A. Johnson. Other African Americans in this household:
Eliza Ingram.
census page: 48A
- Bennet, Charlotte
description: 13/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Attended school within the year." Living in household of Bradley, Henry, barber (see listing)
- Bennet, Edward
location: Harrisburg, East Ward
visitation (house/family): 175/185
description (age/sex/color): 45/M/M
occupation: Preacher
value of real estate owned: 600
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Edward Bennet lived next door to George Galbraith, and two doors away from David Stevens, two other local A.M.E. preachers.
William Egle notes of him: "Edward Bennett, who was the last [owner of a chimney
sweeping business], previous to the general use of coal. He lived in what
was formerly called Judytown on Third and Mulberry streets--a negro
settlement--named after the proprietress, Judy Rikard [Richards], whose daughter
Bennett married, and from thence he sent sweeps early every morning. They
also made tours for miles into the country and small towns, pursuing their
avocation." (Notes and Queries, Third Series, Volume I, XII, page 68)
Egle also notes Bennetts' nickname: "King Bennett," and cites his Underground
Railroad activities, saying he "was one of the principal directors and
concealers of the fugitive slave on his way to the Northland from the
taskmaster's fields in Maryland and Virginia." (Notes and Queries, Annual
Volume 1900, XII, page 63)
census page: 87B
other members in household:
- Mary Ann Bennet
description: 53/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Thomas Bennet
description: 18/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Bennet, Samuel
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (116/116)
description (age/sex/color): 21/M/M
occupation: Servant
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated at Daniel Herr's hotel. See "Bennett, Samuel" below.
census page: 83A-83B
List of all African Americans in this hotel: George Malony, Samuel Bennet, Ann E. Bennet, George Hamilton, Jacob Bennett, John Smith, Peter Adley, Augustus Coates, Phebe Belt, Mary Carter, Ann Foot, Eliza Forrest, Margaret James, Julia Green, Harriet Belt, Charles Bradford and John Fyatt.
- Ann E. Bennet See "Bennett, Samuel" below.
description (age/sex/color): 20/F/M
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated at Daniel Herr's hotel
- Bennett, Aaron
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 252/325
description (age/sex/color): 59/M/B
occupation: (none listed)
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
census page: 71B
other members in household:
- Mary Bennett
description: 56/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Caroline Bennett
description: 27/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Samuel Bennett
description: 20/M/M
occupation: Waiter
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Elizabeth Bennett
description: 18/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Jacob Bennett
description: 16/M/M
occupation: Boatman
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Juliann Bennett
description: 15/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Charlotte Bennett
description: 12/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Henry Bennett
description: 10/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- David Bennett
description: 8/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- George Bennett
description: 6/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Anna Bennett
description: 4/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Bennett, Elizabeth
description: 17/F/M
place of birth: Penna
notes: In household of Gantz, Edward R. (see listing)
- Bennett, Jacob
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (116/116)
description (age/sex/color): 14/M/M
occupation: Servant
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated at Daniel Herr's hotel
census page: 83A-83B
List of all African Americans in this hotel: George Malony, Samuel Bennet, Ann E. Bennet, George Hamilton, Jacob Bennett, John Smith, Peter Adley, Augustus Coates, Phebe Belt, Mary Carter, Ann Foot, Eliza Forrest, Margaret James, Julia Green, Harriet Belt, Charles Bradford and John Fyatt.
- Bennett, Samuel
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 194/244
description (age/sex/color): 24/M/M
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in dwelling of Mans, Samuel (see listing) Samuel Bennett and Ann E. Bennett were also enumerated at Daniel Herr's hotel in the East Ward of Harrisburg, and apparently both worked as servants there. In that listing, their names were spelled "Bennet."
census page: 66B
other members in household:
- Ann Eliza Bennett
description: 20/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Amelia Shaffer
description: 40/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Berry, John
location: Harrisburg, East Ward
visitation (house/family): 235/264
description (age/sex/color): 29/M/M
occupation: Barber
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Three children in the household have "attended school within the year."
census page: 92B
other members in household:
- Adessa Berry
description: 27/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Charles Berry
description: 7/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Franklin Thomas
description: 5/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Joanna Thomas
description: 2/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Adam Beardley
description: 8/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- James Black
visitation (house/family): 235/265
description (age/sex/color): 29/M/B
occupation: Waiter
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Possibly the same person as the James Black enumerated at Jacob Sanders' hotel (see listing), despite age and place of birth differences.
other members in household:
- Susan Black
description: 26/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Black, James
location: Harrisburg, North Ward (52/53)
description (age/sex/color): 27/M/B
occupation: Waiter
place of birth: Delaware
notes: Enumerated in hotel operated by Jacob Sanders.
census page: 51A-51B
- Black, James
location: Harrisburg, East Ward
visitation (house/family): 235/265
description (age/sex/color): 29/M/B
occupation: Waiter
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in the dwelling of Berry, John (see listing). Possibly the same person as the James Black enumerated at Jacob Sanders' hotel, above, despite age and place of birth differences.
census page: 92B
other members in household:
- Susan Black
description: 26/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Black, Jerry
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (281/308)
description (age/sex/color): 40/M/B
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated in the household of Benjamin Atkinson, shopkeeper.
census page: 96A
other African Americans in household: Rachel Joseph
- Blackson, Mariah
location: Harrisburg, West Ward (421/470)
description (age/sex/color): 21/F/B
occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Cannot read and write." Living in the household of Richard McAllister, lawyer. McAllister would shortly be appointed to the position of Federal Fugitive Slave Commissioner by U.S. Chief Justice Roger Taney. In that role, McAllister would be responsible for hearing all cases involving fugitive slaves captured in central Pennsylvania.
census page: 31B
- Blackstone, Sarah
location: Harrisburg, North Ward (52/53)
description (age/sex/color): 24/F/B
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated in hotel operated by Jacob Sanders. See the other entry for Blackstone, Sarah, directly below.
census page: 51A-51B
- Blackstone, Sarah
description: 24/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in household of Peace, James, laborer (see listing) See the entry for Blackstone, Sarah, directly above.
- Samuel Blackstone
description: 4/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Catharine Blackstone
description: 1/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Bostick, Isaac
location: Harrisburg, West Ward
visitation (house/family): 603/667
description (age/sex/color): 42/M/M
occupation: Teamster
value of real estate owned: 900
place of birth: Maryland
notes: "Cannot read and write."
census page: 44A
other members in household:
- Sarah do
description: 30/F/M
place of birth: Delaware
notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Bradford, Charles
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (116/116)
description (age/sex/color): 9/M/M
occupation:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated at Daniel Herr's hotel
census page: 83A-83B
List of all African Americans in this hotel: George Malony, Samuel Bennet, Ann E. Bennet, George Hamilton, Jacob Bennett, John Smith, Peter Adley, Augustus Coates, Phebe Belt, Mary Carter, Ann Foot, Eliza Forrest, Margaret James, Julia Green, Harriet Belt, Charles Bradford and John Fyatt.
- Bradford, Mary A.
location: Harrisburg, South Ward (253/279)
description (age/sex/color): 20/F/B
occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In the household of George W. Swoyer, chair and cabinet maker. "Cannot read and write."
census page: 17B
- Bradley, Henry
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 202/258
description (age/sex/color): 28/M/M
occupation: Barber
value of real estate owned: 600
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: The (Harrisburg) Pennsylvania Telegraph
carried the following news item on 3 July 1850: "Barbers. We believe
our town can boast of as good barbers as any other in the State. Such men
as Bradley and Dorris handle a razor with a skill and facility that would
challenge comparison with their city brethren of the profession, and compare
favorably with them. In fact we do not believe they can be excelled any
where for the neatness and dexterity which they ever exhibit."
census page: 67B
other members in household:
- Susan Bradley
description: 25/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- William Bradley
description: 5/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Joseph Bradley
description: 2/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- William Spence
description: 32/M/M
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- James Thompson
description: 19/M/M
occupation: Barber
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Alexander Lee
description: 14/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Charlotte Bennet
description: 13/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Attended school within the year."
- Brant, Sarah
description: 13/F/B
place of birth: Penna.
notes: In household of Harding, Charles. (see listing)
- Briley, Mary
location: Harrisburg, South Ward (239/265)
description (age/sex/color): 40/F/B
occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant
place of birth: Maryland
notes: In household of Hother Hage, engineer. "Cannot read and write."
census page: 16B
- Brise, Thomas
location: Harrisburg, North Ward (23/24)
description (age/sex/color): 22/M/B
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In the household of John Sanders. Possibly a boarding house. Other African Americans listed at this dwelling: William Clark, Maria Marks, Peter Jacobs, Samuel Tums, Henery Williams, James Dehaven and William Franks.
census page: 49A
- Brissel, Margaret
location: Harrisburg, North Ward (52/53)
description (age/sex/color): 18/F/B
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in hotel operated by Jacob Sanders.
census page: 51A-51B
- Brogden, Cecillia
location: Harrisburg, South Ward
visitation (house/family): 111/119
description (age/sex/color): 70/F/B
occupation: Cook
value of real estate owned: (Tenant)
place of birth: Penna.
notes:
census page: 7B
other members in household:
- Daniel Fasitt
description: 70/M/B
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Penna.
notes:
- Brown, James
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 200/254
description (age/sex/color): 47/M/M
occupation: Laborer
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Maryland
notes: "Cannot read and write."
census page: 67B
other members in household:
- Patience Brown
description: 50/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other households in dwelling:
- Edward Thompson
visitation (house/family): 200/255
description (age/sex/color): 34/M/M
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Maryland
notes:
other members in household:
- Sarah Thompson
description: 32/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Edward Thompson
description: 5/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- James Thompson
description: 3/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Alexander Stanton
visitation (house/family): 200/256
description (age/sex/color): 25/M/M
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Maryland
notes:
other members in household:
- Henrietta Stanton
description: 23/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- John Stanton
description: 3 mos./M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Brown, James
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (21/21)
description (age/sex/color): 44/M/M
occupation: Servant
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Maryland
notes: Enumerated in the household of Luther Reilly, physician.
census page:76A
- Brown, John H.
description: 11/M/B
place of birth: Maryland
notes: In household of Cann, Charles H. (see listing)
- Brown, Josiah
location: Harrisburg, East Ward
visitation (house/family): 179/190
description (age/sex/color): 35/M/B
occupation: Laborer
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Three other families are living in the Brown dwelling (see below).
census page: 88A
other members in household:
- Elizabeth Brown
description: 37/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Jane M. Brown
description: 5/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other households in dwelling:
- Richard Dennan
visitation (house/family): 179/191
description (age/sex/color): 30/M/M
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other members in household:
- Margaret Dennan
description: 27/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Nancy Dennan
description: 8/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Elizabeth Dennan
description: 3/F/M
place of birth:
notes:
- Isaac Hart
visitation (house/family): 179/192
description (age/sex/color): 39/M/B
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other members in household:
- Margaret Hart
description: 30/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Rachel Hart
description: 14/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Margaret Gilbert
visitation (house/family): 179/193
description (age/sex/color): 50/F/B
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other members in household:
- Sarah E. Gilbert
description: 13/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Mary Ann Gilbert
description: 26/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Elizabeth Gilbert
description: 7/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Nancy J. Gilbert
description: 5/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- William H. Gilbert
description: 4/M/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Brown, Lucinda
location: Harrisburg, West Ward (294/324)
description (age/sex/color): 52/F/M
occupation: Cook
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Dwelling appears to be a hotel. Other African Americans listed at this dwelling are Freah Jaeeques, a waiter, and Ann Davis, a washerwoman. The first name listed, possibly the operator, is Mary Stehley. See the Lucinda Brown listed directly below, probably the same person.
census page: 21B
- Brown, Lucinda
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 86/90
description (age/sex/color): 52/F/M
occupation: (none listed)
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: See the Lucinda Brown listed above, as cook in a hotel.
census page: 55A
other members in household:
- Elizabeth Brown
description: 21/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Martha J. Brown
description: 17/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other households in dwelling:
- John Price
visitation (house/family): 86/91
description (age/sex/color): 25/M/B
occupation: Shoemaker
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other members in household:
- Amelia Price
description: 22/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- John B. Price
description: 3/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Ambrosia Price
description: 2/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Brown, Martha
description: 28/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In household of Greenly, Samuel, waiter (see listing)
- Brown, Richard
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 188/236
description (age/sex/color): 48/M/B
occupation: (none listed)
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Cannot read and write."
census page: 66A-66B
other members in household:
- Jane Brown
description: 44/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Joanna Brown
description: 10/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Attended school within the year."
- Brown, Robert
location: Harrisburg, North Ward (52/53)
description (age/sex/color): 24/M/B
occupation: Waiter
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in hotel operated by Jacob Sanders.
census page: 51A-51B
- Brown, Sophia
location: Harrisburg, West Ward (384/430)
description (age/sex/color): 45/F/B
occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In the household of William Griffith, gentleman.
census page: 28B
- Brown, Thomas
location: Harrisburg, West Ward
visitation (house/family): 441/489
description (age/sex/color): 39/M/M
occupation: Laborer
value of real estate owned: (Tenant)
place of birth: Maryland
notes:
census page: 33A
other members in household:
- Wilhelmina do
description: 39/F/M
place of birth: Maryland
notes:
- Virginia do
description: 17/F/M
place of birth: Maryland
notes:
- Grafton do
description: 9/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Attended school within the year." This is Grafton Tyler Brown, who would become a noted African American landscape artist in the American west.
- Richard do
description: 7/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Attended school within the year."
- Cassius do
description: 6/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Attended school within the year."
- David do
description: 2/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Hanna Tyler
description: 60/F/M
place of birth: Maryland
notes: "Cannot read and write." Mother-in-law of Thomas Brown.
- Brown, Valentine
description: 40/M/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Family living in household of Williams, John, in dwelling of Ball, Haram (see listing).
- Catharine Brown
description: 37/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- James Brown
description: 10/M/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Hannah Brown
description: 8/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Sarah Brown
description: 4/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Bryan, Elizabeth
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (111/111)
description (age/sex/color): 30/F/B
occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant.
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In the household of William Dock, merchant. Another African American living in the household is James Henry.
census page: 82A
- Bryans, Peter
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 240/310
description (age/sex/color): 30/M/B
occupation: (none listed)
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
census page: 70B
other members in household:
- Sarah Bryans
description: 26/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Elizabeth Bryans
description: 8/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Solomon Bryans
description: 2/M/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Bryley, Mary
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (126/126)
description (age/sex/color): 20/F/B
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in the household of Elizabeth Wright.
census page: 84A
- Frederick Bryley
description: 2/M/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in the household of Elizabeth Wright.
- Burd, Sarah
description: 34/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In household of Greenly, Samuel, waiter (see listing)
- Burk, Henry
location: Harrisburg, East Ward
visitation (house/family): 231/257
description (age/sex/color): 28/M/B
occupation: Waiter
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
census page: 92A
other members in household:
- Jane Burk
description: 21/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Amanda Burk
description: 2/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Elizabeth Butler
description: 19/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Anna Butler
description: 15/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other households in dwelling:
- Martin Perry
visitation (house/family): 231/258
description (age/sex/color): 28/M/M
occupation: Waiter
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
other members in household:
- Margaret Perry
description: 26/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Charles Perry
description: 2/M/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Sarah J. Perry
description: 54/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Burr, Elizabeth
location: Harrisburg, West Ward (474/423)
description (age/sex/color): 25/F/B
occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In the household/printshop of Theophilus Fenn, printer and newspaper editor.
census page: 31B/32A
- Butler, Elizabeth
description: 19/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in the household of Burk, Henry (see listing).
- Anna Butler
description: 15/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
- Butler, James
description: 40/M/B
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Maryland
notes: "Cannot read and write." Living in the household of Benjamin Bailey, in the dwelling of Wolf, John (see listing)
- Louisa Butler
description: 35/F/B
place of birth: Maryland
notes: "Cannot read and write."
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