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In reply to:
Bullock Co., ALabama Calhouns
2/12/02
Hi everyone, here's an update; I got an e-mail from Wilsie Calhoun today with some good connections; she wrote:
"Hi John - Last night, I looked through my files and found the following:
As you know, slaves were set free in 1865.Being free meant that for the first
time, blacks were enumerated with first and last names on the 1870 Federal Census.Prior to that (unless they were free), the were only listed on the Federal Slave Schedules (as black, their age, male or female--but no names).
On the 1880 Census, I found:
Calhoun, FrankBM24Nativity:ALNativity of Father:ALNativity of Mother: AL
LollyBF23wifeALALAL
IdaBF2daughterALALAL
I checked on the 1870 Census for a Frank Calhoun around the age of 14 who would
be living with his parents, but found none.My thoughts:Either his family was
missed on the Census or his family moved to Bullock County from somewhere
else after emancipation...
...The 1890 Federal Census was 95% destroyed for the entire United States, so
there is nothing to look at for Bullock County.
On the 1900 Census, I found the following:
Calhoun, FrankBMBirth: Jan 1851 Age: 48 Married: 23 yrs. ALGAGA
LollieBFDec 1859407 children / 6 children livingALALAL
AbbieBFAug 188019
KennyBMFeb 188317
SophiaBFFeb 18928
MattieBFJuly 18945
RobertBMJan 19004/12 (four months old)--THIS IS YOUR GRANDFATHER!!
The Ida on the 1880 Census would now be about 22 years old and probably is
married.Or she may have died because it says that Lollie gave birth to seven
children and now only six are living.Although I was concerned that there is a
big age gap between Kenny and Sophia, I don't know how to explain the gap."
I give my thanks to Wilsie for the information and I hope this will help someone else in their search. I also hope that everyone with be encouraged to keep searching and communicatin with each other. I'm going to the next level back to Frank's parents Frank and Sophia Calhoun.
Jesus Lives and happy searching!
John Anthony Calhoun - Cincinnati