1852 Special State Census

Until 2008 it wasn't known that there existed an 1852 census for Clarke County, Iowa. It was found among the pages of the Taylor County, Iowa census.

Thank you to the IaGenWeb Census Project for allowing me to copy it here.

Transcribed by Constance Diamond
for the IAGenWeb State Census Project http://iagenweb.org/census/
Copyright(c) 2008 by Constance Diamond

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Census Year:       1852
Media Source:      microfilm
Microfilm Number: FHL# 1022205, HQ# V221-4 [Clarke co unlisted, but found in Taylor co.]
State:             Iowa
County:            Clarke
Townships:         All [Osceola]
Enumerator:        Ivison Ellis - Sheriff
Enumeration Date: [unknown]

Transcriber's Notes:
No page or line numbers appear on the original census. Page and line
numbers have been assigned by the transcriber to indicate the enumeration order.

Clarke County was found in Taylor County. At the bottom of each page the Sheriff wrote
    "I here by certify that the above is a true list of the citizens of Clark county".

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CENSUS-YEAR: 1852 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Clarke DIVISION: Osceola Twp

Enumerator: Ivison Ellis Enumeration Date: [unknown] MICROFILM: FHL# 1022204, HQ# [unlisted]

.	.	Names of Heads of Families		.	.	Colored	Colored	.	.	.	.	.
Page	Line	Last Name	First Name	Males	Females	Males	Females	Voters	Militia	Aliens	Total	Remarks
2	1	Thompson	James	4	3			1	1		7
2	2	Conner	Stephen B.	2	3			1	2		5
2	3	Saints	Samuel T.	3	1			1	1		4
2	4	Coleson	C. C.	2	4			1	1		6
2	5	Cadle	James	2	1			1	1		4
2	6	Stalleup	Jessie	3	1			1	1		4
2	7	Perry	Franklin	3	2			2	1		5
2	8	Turner	James H.	3	1			1	1		4
2	9	Lipencott	David	1	1			1	1		2
2	10	Smith	John C.	3	6			1	1		9
2	11	Gearhart	Abraham	3	2			3	2		5
2	12	Dearduff	Isabell	2	1			x	x		3
2	13	Smith	Ervin	4	2			2	1		6
2	14	Field	John T.	5	6			2	x		11
2	15	Vest	William	5	4			1	1		9
2	16	Jimison	Robert	6	1			2	2		7
2	17	Mealisten	Marshall	6	1			1	2		7
2	18	Mealisten	William	1	2			1	1		3
2	19	Collier	Alexander	4	1			2	3		5
2	20	Webster	Dickingson Sen.	3	8			2	1		11
2	21	Webster	Dickingson Jun.	1	1			1	1		2
2	22	Butliff	Archelus	1	3			1	1		4
2	23	Scott	William	1	5			1	1		6
2	24	Williams	Alonz	1	1			1	1		2
2	25	Glen	S. J.	3	1			1	1		4
2	26	Rook	William	5	4			1	1		9
2	27	Thomas	Winston	3	4			1	1		7
2	28	Westfall	Levi	1	2			1	1		3
2	29	Reynolds	Jacob	3	6			1	1		9
2	30	Lewis	John	3	2			1	1		5
2	31	Plummer	Enos	3	2			2	2		5
2	32	Roberts	Mark	5	3			1	2		8
2	33	Shanom	Elias A.	1	3			1	1		4
2	34	Rife	Joseph	4	1			1	1		5
2	35	Miler	James	2	1			2	1		3
2	36	Ricerson	Michael A.	5	5			1	2		10
2	37	Langley	James	3	3			1	1		6
2	38	Langley	Andrew J.	2	3			1	1		5
2	39	Conyers	John	3	2			1	1		5

CENSUS-YEAR: 1852 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Clarke DIVISION: Osceola Twp

Enumerator: Ivison Ellis Enumeration Date: [unknown] MICROFILM: FHL# 1022204, HQ# [unlisted]

	Names of Heads of Families					Colored	Colored
Page	Line	Last Name	First Name	Males	Females	Males	Females	Voters	Militia	Aliens	Total	Remarks
3	1	Linsley	John A.	1	3			1	1		4
3	2	Haney	Elias	3	2			1	1		5
3	3	Lapesty	James	2	3			1	x		4
3	4	Rodes	John	2	1			1	1		5
3	5	Bolden	John	4	4			1	1		2
3	6	Pawley	William	5	1			1	1		6
3	7	Pawley	James	1	2			1	x		3
3	8	Powel	Stephen	4	4			1	1		8
3	9	Roberts	Benjamin	2	2			1	1		4
3	10	Howard	Joseph	3	2			1	1		5
3	11	Farley	William	3	4			1	1		7
3	12	Farley	Isaac	1	3			1	1		4
3	13	Farley	John	2	1			2	1		3
3	13	Higley	Lawson	2	3			1	1		5
3	14	Sheres	John	7	6			4	3		13
3	15	Hurst	William	2	3			2	2		5
3	16	Gardner	William	3	2			1	x		5
3	17	Richards	George	4	4			1	1		8
3	18	Conyers	Gorge W.	5	5			1	1		10
3	19	Gardner	Levi	1	1			1	1		2	End of Clarke County

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Page	Line	Head of family Last name	First name	Males	Colored males	Colored females	Voters	Milita	Aliens	Total	Remarks
1	1	Williams	Jonathan S.	2			1	1		3
1	2	Ellis	Ivison	4			2	2		8
1	3	Overton	William	6			4	4		11
1	4	Williams	Oren	2			2	1		3
1	5	Arnold	Branard	3			1	x		7
1	6	Arnold	James	1			1	1		3
1	7	Buskirk	John	1			1	1		3
1	8	Bryant	Charles	2			1	1		3
1	9	Harris	W. T. H.	2			1	1		4
1	10	McGiney	William	4			2	2		6
1	11	Clark	Robert J.	2			1	1		5
1	12	McGiney	Robert	3			1	1		6
1	13	Record	Thomas	1			1	1		3
1	14	Record	James	3			1	1		4
1	15	Long	Wiliam	2			2	2		2
1	16	Kennedy	Aaron	2			1	1		6
1	17	Davis	Vinson	7			1	2		10
1	18	Meantcheon	Samuel	2			2	1		3
1	19	Record	William	4			1	1		6
1	20	Lamson	E. G.	2			1	1		4
1	21	Lamson	M. R.	1			1	1		3
1	22	Nun	Joseph	2			1	1		5
1	23	Rude	Silas	3			1	1		4
1	24	Greg	Thomas	4			2	2		9
1	25	Darnel	Allen	3			1	1		5
1	26	Hase	James	5			1	1		10
1	27	Keplinger	Jacob	2			1	1		3
1	28	Orsburn	W. R.	2			1	1		5
1	29	Newton	David	3			1	x		4
1	30	Bennet	J. G.	3			1	1		10
1	31	Edwards	Thomas	7			1	1		9
1	32	Harper	Thomas	5			1	1		10
1	33	Bartlett	Jerome	3			2	2		7
1	34	Mercer	Daniel	2			1	1		5
1	35	Morehouse	Thomas	6			2	2		10
1	36	Jenks	Jerry	5			1	2		7
1	37	Brooks	Samuel	2			1	1		4
1	38	Evens	W. G.	2			1	1		3
1	39	Canada	John M.	1			1	1		4
1	40	Bell	William	2			1	1		5

1852 Census

Clarke County, Iowa