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 1847 TERRITORIAL CENSUS
LAMARTINE (SEVEN MILE CREEK) TOWNSHIP
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
             
The 1847 Wisconsin territorial census recorded heads of household, number of males, number of females, and total individuals in the household on December 1, 1847. The census taker in the town of Seven Mile Creen (renamed Lamartine in 1848) was M. L. Noble.  For Seven Mile Creek, totals of 173 males and 133 females were submitted to the Secretary of the Wisconsin Territory by S. S. N. Fuller, Taker of the Census. The numbers are written on the bottom of page 38 of the Fond du Lac census and are repeated on Fuller's summary sheet, so presumably they represent his calculations. The actual sums from pages 36 through 38, however, were 170 and 131, and those include an apparent duplicate entry for David West (pages 37 and 38).

Microfilm of the original records is available at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin library (Call No. 1847-1). As illustrated, the records were hand written and in many cases are open to interpretation. An attempt is made to record entries as written, even when an entry is apparently in error. In cases where names are exceptionally difficult to read, an (?) marker is inserted. Entries are offered in the order in which they were recorded, because the census-taking sequence provides clues about where individuals actually lived (for an illustration, see Fairwater 1853).

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HEADS OF FAMILIES OR PRINCIPAL PERSONS WHITE MALES WHITE FEMALES MALES OF COLOR FEMALES OF COLOR TOTAL REMARKS
Olin, J. M. 1 2     3  
Wend (?), Alfred 1 2     3  
Hall, Jos. 4 2     6  
Shaffer, Oliver 4 2     6  
Hall, W. 2 3     5  
Storey, Wm. 1 2     3  
Minch, Adam 3 2     5  
McCarey, M. 4 3     7  
Smith, A. S. 5 2     7  
Bigford, Samuel 6 4     10  
Rublee, Henry 1 1     2  
Fancher, M. 2 2     4  
Prouty, Alva 1 2     3  
Fancher, S. C. 2 1     3  
Jones, Wm. 2 1     3  
Fancher, J. D. 2 3     5  
Joins (?), Sargent 3 4     7  
Farr (?), Freeman 1 2     3  
Stowe, Isaac M. 1 1     2  
Dewey, Lemuel 3 3     6  
Landrey, Fred 2 2     4  
Blackman, Sain 3 3     6  
Pahgan (?), John 3 2     5  

 

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HEADS OF FAMILIES OR
PRINCIPAL PERSONS		 WHITE MALES WHITE FEMALES MALES OF COLOR FEMALES OF COLOR TOTAL

REMARKS
Russell, L. 1 2     3  
Davis, Alfred 3 2     5  
Sang, Peter V. 2 2     4  
Hasey, Jas. 1       1  
Eldred, Lyman 3 1     4  
Hall, M. 5 2     7  
Brown, Elliott 2 6     8  
Mousoe (?), Jason 4 3     7  
Hall, John 3 2     5  
Corkins, Alan 1 2     3  
Everest, J. C. 1 1     2  
West, David 1       1  
Devon (?), Peter 3 1     4  
Lyman, E. B. 1 1     2  
Louder, J. W. 3 3     6  
Waitman, Jac. (?) 4 4     8  
Shadrach, Chas. 4 3     7  
Butts, Elias 3 2     5  
Smith, T. D. 2 1     3  
Robertson, E. 5 3     8  
Davidson, Elander 2 1     3  
Hendrich, D. 1 1     2  
Marshall, Welcome 4 2     6  
Bacon, Benj. (?) 3 2     5  
West, Wm. 1 3     4  

 

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HEADS OF FAMILIES OR
PRINCIPAL PERSONS		 WHITE MALES WHITE FEMALES MALES OF COLOR FEMALES OF COLOR TOTAL

REMARKS
West, David 1       1  
Stone, Cyrus E. 2 3     5  
Benrad (?), Lorenzo 1 1     2  
Smith, S. E. 1       1  
Warren, Elwin 5 1     6  
Bowen, Thos. H. 3 2     5  
Clark, David 2 3     5  
Fife, Jas. 3 1     4  
Hedrey, David 2 2     4  
Jones, Jos. 1       1  
Brincherhof, David 3 1     4  
Tuchman, Steven 5 2     7  
Alden, Edwin 1 1     2  
Rodgers, Emerson 4 3     7  
Stevens, Alix 2 1     3  
Smith, Thadeus 2 1     3  
Stowe, Jni. (?) 2 2     4  
Weston, M. 6 4     10  
Smith, J. C. 4 2     6  
Last Updated 4/23/1999

If you have information to share, or other interpretations of the entries, please contact Bob Schuster by email at rmschust@facstaff.wisc.edu or at 6020 Kristi Circle, Monona, Wisconsin 53716, (608) 221-1421.