Amelia County, VA 1850 Census Statistics and Comments

White Male - 1381
White Female  - 1413

Total White Population - 2794

Male Colored - 72
Female Colored - 85

Total Colored Population - 157

Black Males - 3457
Black Females - 3560

Total Black Population - 6817

Listing of Occupations:

367 Farmers
81 Overseers
63 Carpenters
33 No Occupations
26 Laborers
23 Physicians
15 Merchants
14 Wheelwrights
13  Bricklayers
13 Blacksmiths
13 Schoolteachers
11 Ditchers
11 Shoemakers
10 Lawyers
8 Coopers
7 Stone Masons
7 Worked on RR
7 Coachmakers
5 Engineers
5 Millers
5 Preachers
4 Saddlers
4 Tailors
3 Hucksters
2 Clerks
2 Harness Makers
2 Waggoners (Teamsters)
2 Houseframers
2 Painters
2 Quarry men
1 Surgeon Dentist
1 Groom
1 Surveyor
1 Superintendent of the Poor
1 Comissioner of Revenue
1 Clerk of the Court
1 Deputy Clerk of the Court
1 Deputy Sheriff
1 Constable
1 Boatsman

Comments:

On page 70B, dwelling 561, the census takers lists everyone in the household's POB as Ireland.
There are ditto marks for this POB for everyone listed after this until pg 71A where the POB
changes back to VA within the same household. I believe this to be an error on the census
taker's part. One of the curious entries is  dwelling 562 where the HOH is Henry Deshayer, a
black groom whose POB is dittoed as Ireland.