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House	Family	Name	R	S	Age	Relation	Marital Status	Occupation	Can't Read or Write	Birthplace of Person	Birthplace of Father	Birthplace of Mother	Remarks
63	64	Brown, John A.B.	b	m	1	Son	S	At home		NC	SC	NC
64	65	Payne, William W.	w	m	54		M	Fishing & farming		NC	NC	NC
		Payne, Martha	w	f	46	Wife	M	Keeping house		NC	NC	NC
		Payne, William J.W.	w	m	18	Son	S	Fishing & farming		NC	NC	NC
		Payne, Bethell	w	f	14	Daughter	S	At home		NC	NC	NC
65	66	Gard, William	w	m	40		M	Fishing & farming	x	NC	NC	NC
		Gard, Elizabeth C.	w	f	30	Wife	M	Keeping house	x	NC	NC	NC
		Gard, Cordell H.	w	m	15	Son	S	Fishing & farming	x	NC	NC	NC	Attends School
		Gard, William W.	w	m	9	Son	S	At home		NC	NC	NC
		Gard, Affa E.	w	f	7	Daughter	S	At home		NC	NC	NC
		Gard, Mary R.	w	f	4	Daughter	S	At home		NC	NC	NC
		Gard, Arthur A.	w	m	2/12	Son	S	At home		NC	NC	NC	Born: Apr.
66	67	Gard, Burket F.	w	m	32		M	Fishing & farming	x	NC	NC	NC
		Gard, Nancy E.	w	f	32	Wife	M	Keeping house		NC	NC	NC	Dislocated ankle
		Gard, Thomas C.	w	m	9	Son	S	At home		NC	NC	NC
		Gard, George E.E.	w	m	8	Son	S	At home		NC	NC	NC
		Gard, Henry L.	w	m	5	Son	S	At home		NC	NC	NC
		Gard, James M.	w	m	3	Son	S	At home		NC	NC	NC
		Gard, Frederic D.	w	m	1	Son	S	At home		NC	NC	NC
67	68	Gard, Joseph	w	m	55		M	Farming	x	NC	NC	NC
		Gard, Nancy	w	f	30	Wife	M	Disability		NC	NC	NC	Ulcerated erysipelas (skin disease)
		Gard, William T.	w	m	18	Son	S	Works on farm		NC	NC	NC
		Gard, Love C.	w	f	16	Daughter	S	Keeping house		NC	NC	NC
		Gard, Joseph E.	w	m	9	Son	S	At home		NC	NC	NC
The smaller piece of paper blocked out some good information about this district. It mentions the severity of a storm which occurred in August 1879 and I believe the enumerator was trying to explain that he could not get to some of the homes because of the tides and poorness of the soil.