Putnam, FL 1860 Federal Census TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 1860 Putnam County, Florida census was taken by the Asst. Marshall George J. Zehnbauer between the 1st and 20th of June. This was the 2nd census in which Mr. Zehnbauer had participated, having taken the St. Lucie, St. Johns, and Putnam Counties census in 1850. Mr. Zehnbauer was born about 1812 in Heble, Darmstadt, Germany. It is believed that he came to Florida about 1835. This background influenced the census that he recorded very much. He always spelled Elizabeth as Elisabeth. While I know that some people do spell it that way, all of his Elizabeth entries are spelled with the "s". In addition he spelled Margaret as Margreth and Catherine-Catharine as Cathrine. I do believe that at night when he transcribed his notes from that day that no matter what he was told by the people he spelled it how he thought it should be spelled. While most of his handwriting was very neat he had a very sloppy way of writing Laborer. He would write the Lab neatly, then just add some up and down lumps. Where he did write neatly he spelled it Laboror and I have used this spelling when his is unreadable. At the end of the census on page 43, he has added these remarks: Nos. of Pages 43 Nos. of Free Inhabitants 1667 On Line 21 and 22 "Remarks" A great number of the Inhabitants in this county have emigrated during a few years past; mostly from South Carolina and Georgia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This Census was transcribed by Sandra L. Willis and proofread by Linda Kleback for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.us-census.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~