1880 Federal Census of Washington County, North Carolina

Instructions and Index

The 1880 census year began June 1, 1879 and ended May 31, 1880. All persons who were living on the 1st day of June 1880 were included. This census transcription is organized by page number within Enumeration District. In addition to the District and page number, the index provides the microfilm page number where the individual is listed. Some of the titles of the columns have been shorten. For additional information about the columns refer to "Column Descriptions".

Every effort has been made to transcribe this census as written. Even obvious errors are not corrected. To make this census easier to read, blank census entries were replaced with a dash "-" and the census affirmative mark "/" was replaced by a "y", except for the civil conditions, the letters S, M, W, D, Y have been used for single, married, widowed, divorced, and married within census year. The overall readability of this census varied among the enumerators. For additional information refer to the section titled "Transcriber Comments".

There is an index to each person in the entire census. Some names are spelled differently in the index than in the actual census; for example: Phelp is spelled Phelps, Hasel is spelled Hassell. This is done to group given surnames together regardless of the enumerator's choice of spelling. The index is arranged alphabetically so you won't have to scan through each page looking for surnames of interest. Each person in the index is linked to their respective census page. Merely click on the person's name in the index and you will go to that person in the census. When you are done looking at that page click on your browser's BACK button to return to the index right where you left it. If you want to go to another page or a different area of the index, full navigational capability is located at the bottom of each page.

In additon to an index by person, you can click on a census page within a given township/district to view the census by township, or by page. At the bottom of each page you can click on the "previous page" or the "next page" of the census. On the last page of a township, clicking on "next page" will take you to the first page of the next township. On the first page of a township, clicking on "previous page" will take you to the last page of the previous township.

Some families are split between pages in the census. If the family you are researching is the first or last family on the page, you will need to check the adjoining page. To ensure you don't miss a family member, the dwelling and family number is included on the first entry of every page so you can compare it with the dwelling and family number on the previous page to determine if the family was split across two pages.

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GO TO INDEX
Aa - Am An - Az Ba - Bd Be - Bn Bo - Bz Ca - Ck Cl - Cz Da - Dd
De - Dz Ea - Fz G Ha - Hd He - Iz Ja - Jn Jo - Kz La - Lh
Li - Lz Ma - Mh Mi - Mz N O Pa - Pg Ph - Pz Q - R
Sa - Sm Sn - Sp Sq - Sz T - V Wa - Wh Wi - Wz X - Z Unable to Read

GO TO LEE'S MILL TOWNSHIP
DISTRICT 136 / PAGE
001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010
011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020
021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030
031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040
041 042 043 044 045

GO TO PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP
DISTRICT 137 / PAGE
001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010
011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020
021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030
031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040
041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050
051 052

GO TO TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
DISTRICT 138 / PAGE
001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010
011 012 013 014 015 016 017

GO TO TOWN OF CRESWELL
DISTRICT 139 / PAGE
001 002 003 004            

GO TO SCUPPERNONG TOWNSHIP
DISTRICT 139 Cont'd / PAGE
        005 006 007 008 009 010
011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020
021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030
031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040
041 042 043 044 045 046 047

GO TO SKINNERSVILLE TOWNSHIP
DISTRICT 140 / PAGE
001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010
011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020
021 022

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Updated October 3, 2000
Gordon L. Basnight
gbasnight@mindspring.com