U.S. Federal Census - 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes
This multi-part supplemental schedule of the 1880 Population Census enumerated persons belonging to the following seven special social categories of the time: insane, idiots, deaf-mutes, blind, paupers and indigent persons, homeless children, prisoners
Information collected on each form:
- name
- race
- gender
- age
- residence
- For individuals with mental or physical illness, information about medical history may also be noted.
- For the homeless children, information about parents may be included.
- For the prisoners, details regarding imprisonment may be present.
Preserved on microfilm by the New York State Library, Albany, these schedules cover the following states:
AL, CA, CT, GA, IL, IA, KS, ME, MA, MI, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA
Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Although primarily intended to record information about Union veterans of the Civil War, in some schedules Confederate veterans are also listed. Information in the schedule may include:
- names of surviving soldiers, sailors, marines, and widows
- rank
- name of regiment or vessel
- date of enlistment
- date of discharge & length of service
- post office address
- disability incurred
- remarks
U.S. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
The U.S. Indian Census Rolls are census schedules of Native Americans submitted in the years between 1885 and 1940 by agents or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations. Only persons who maintained a formal affiliation with a tribe under federal supervision are listed on the rolls. There is not a census for every reservation or group for every year.
Information in the U.S. Indian Census Rolls may include:
- name (Indian and/or English)
- gender
- age
- birth date
- relationship to head of family
- marital status
- tribe
- agency and reservation name
- degree of Indian blood (later census years only)
