This census was transcribed by Dorothy Oberhausen, DOberha152@aol.com, 
and proofread by Allison Abram-Sheldon, aka@magiclink.com, 
for the USGENWEB Census Project, http://www.us-census.org

Copyright (c) 1999 by Dorothy Oberhausen.

The first five pages of the census, pages 195B through 197B, list the inhabitants 
as being in District 54.  After that the district/township is left blank.
The pages are not in date sequence.  The dates start in September of 1850 and 
proceed into October, but then go back to August.  Subsequent portions are dated 
August, September, October, November and December, but not in that sequence.

Dwelling and family numbers should not be trusted.  
They were recorded with a different ink and pen, probably at a later date.  
Whether or not they were entered by the enumerator, Peter R. Pratte, is not known.  
Some numbers have been scratched out or erasure attempted.  

Pages 239B and 241B list young children as head of household with four month old 
Martha Love as head of household 641.

On page 257B, starting on line 21, are entries that the enumerator, Mr. Pratte, 
listed as a "Boarding House".  This was, most likely, Arcadia College which was 
run by the Methodist circuit rider/preacher Jerome C. Berryman.  
The school was located in the town of Arcadia, then in western Madison County, 
but now in Iron County.  

Researchers should be aware that 1850 Madison County, Missouri was almost half 
again as large as it is today, included parts of Iron and Bollinger counties 
and extended west another ten miles.