Mills County, Iowa
1852 Iowa State Census Records
In 1852, Platteville Township included the Township of Lyons. Some on this list, lived in Fremont County.
Walter Farwell, Fremont County Historian, contributed the notes on the 1850 Fremont Census. This census was transcribed from FHC Microfilm # 1022205 by Cay Merryman
Plattville Township
| Name | Male | Female | Voter | Militia | Total | Notes |
| Page 1 |
| CROMPTON, John | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| HOUSTON, John | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | #116 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| CLAPPER, Christian | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| CLAPPER, Henry | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| SMITH, Elizabeth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | #114 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| RICHARDSON, Shadrack | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | #171 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| HAWES, Elijah | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| HAWES, Jason | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| SPIDELL, John | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| BANES, Julius | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| SHOCKLEY, James | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| COX, Isaiah | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| TOSIER, Cimeon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| TOSIER, Waldo M. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| CLARK, Dan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| CLARK, George | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| CLARK, James | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| LEVI, Frederic | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| BOGGS, Sarah | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| KILLISON, David | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| HERRINGTON, Jonathan | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | #176 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| AVERY, Thos. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | #177 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| DAVID, Jeremiah | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| DEFFABAUGH, David | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| EVANS, Horace | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | #174 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| WILSON, John | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | #168 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| BAYLY, Franklin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| JACKSON, John | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| JACKSON, Moses R. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| GOIN, James | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| STUDY, David C. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | #117 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| CLAPPER, Jacob | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | #124 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| COONS, L. T. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| HOMER, R. R. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| LYMAN, S. A. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| WILLIAMSON, John | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| HOMER, Benjamin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| ROSE, Jacob | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Page 2 |
| CLARK, Ambrose | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| DYKE, Simon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | #111 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| BROWN, Benj. E. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| BENNER, Henry | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | #123 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| MARTIN, Samuel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| ONEAL, James | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| ONEAL, William | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| ONEAL, Hiram | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| NAPIER, Archibald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| QUISENBERRY, Wm. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| ROBERTSON, John | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| TRYAN, Truman | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| BURCHFIELD, Eliz. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| TUCKER, Daniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | one alien |
| CROMPTON, Marg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| MARTIN, Jefferson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| HILLMAN, Silas | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| JOHNSON, Beatty | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| QUISENBURY, John | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| MOODY, David | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | #170 in the 1850 Fremont Census |
| MOODY, Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| MOODY, Alex | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| JOHNSON, Frederic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| HENDRIX, Abram | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| JESSUP, William | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Filed with the Secretary of State, July 14, 1852 |
Additional Notes:
In 1852, Iowa conducted a Special State Census in many of Iowa's Counties. In Mills County, only five townships were found; Plattville (including Lyons),
West Liberty (later Glenwood), Rawles (which probably contained some of Lyons), Council Bluffs (later St. Marys), and Silver Creek.
Four years later, the 1856 State Census, included the townships of Nishnabotna (later Mud Creek, then Anderson); Montgomery (later Indian Creek) and White Cloud.
Where were those people in 1852? Were they missed by the census takers? In my opinion, probably many households were enumerated in a township that differed from their township of residence.
Some Mills residents, may have been enumerated in Pottawattamie County, in what was later Oak and Anderson
Township, and some Fremont County residents were included in Mills County.
Be sure to also check by first name, as some names seem to be reversed. Those listed as aliens are not explained, but it is assumed they were people born in a foreign country. Cay Merryman
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