Blackford County, IN          1850 Federal Census          TOWNSHIP INFORMATION

The files on-line for this completed census in the following directory:
http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/blackford/1850/

ABOUT BLACKFORD COUNTY:

Blackford County is named for Judge Isaac Blackford, who was the first speaker of the 
Indiana General Assembly and a long-time chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.
The land that would become Blackford County was originally the western part of Jay 
County.  

Several sources list the creation year for Blackford County as 1837.  However, the 
law was not finalized until 1838. Indiana bill of the House No. 152 was originally 
for the creation of a county named Windsor.  The name "Windsor" was replaced with 
the name "Blackford" by the House of Representatives in January 1838.  An "act for 
the formation of the county of Blackford" was approved on February 15, 1838.   


Microfilm Roll# M593-366
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             TOWNSHIP               STAMPED     
STATUS       DESCRIPTION          PAGE#-RANGE      TRANSCRIBER        PROOFREADER
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On-Line      Hartford City         015A-017B       Robert E. Lane     Linda Talbott
On-Line      Licking               018A-029B       Robert E. Lane     Linda Talbott
On-Line      Washington            030A-035A       Robert E. Lane     Linda Talbott
On-Line      Jackson               036A-040B       Robert E. Lane     Linda Talbott
On-Line      Harrison              041A-049B       Robert E. Lane     Linda Talbott

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This Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread  by Linda Talbott for 
The USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/
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