Re: understanding 1860 census
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understanding 1860 census
Elizabeth Christopher 8/29/11
If you will look at the 1850 Decatur Tennessee census, you will see that Joseph P. EATON is 40, listed as a laborer and was born in TN.His wife, Elizabeth is listed as being 32, and norn in North Carolina.They have a Daughter Mary E., who is 12, born in TN.
Then there is listed a Hannah Blackburn, who is 16, also born in TN.Then under her is a Martha A. Blackburn, 2/12 years old, and born in TN.
What I am reaading is that Hannah was also their daughter, who was married, and living with her parents.She had a daughter Martha A. (listed on the 1860 as M. Blackburn).
Now, as to what the terms mean.
"Domestic" means that the person is working in the house, and is usually used for a wife who is doing house work/keeping, or else for a person who is working for wages and is a domestic servant.
The term, "inmate" USUALLY means that they are a ward of a particular facility, usually a school, poorhouse, place of correction, or long term hospital.In this case, I would ascertain that they parents, namely Hannah and her husband, are no longer around, and Joseph and Elizabeth have been granted custody of them.
If you check the Decatur county court house, either under the "Wards" or "Guardinship" records, you very well might find a court case concerning this matter.
According to a tree on Ancestry.com, Hannah WAS a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth, and that she died in 1859 in Decatur Co., TN.No husbands name has been found, other than BLACKBURN.
According to the tree, her daughter Martha was married by 1880, and had four children.They are all listed as being BLACKBURN, and that Martha was divorced.She and her children were living with Elizabeth in the 4th Dist of Decatur Co.I am unable to locate a marriage record for Martha ANYWHERE in TN for the time period, but her brother Richard Henry was married to Elizabeth Morgan on May 9, 1871 in Decatur Co., TN.
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Re: understanding 1860 census
Elizabeth Christopher 9/03/11