A person of interest was found in an 1850 census enumeration. The difficulty is that the enumeration for the county contains no geographic subdivisions other than county.
To somewhat narrow down the part of the county in which the person of interest lived, I’ve chosen a few heads of household on the same (and previous and subsequent pages) who have real property values listed in an attempt to find what part of the county they lived in. If they’re in the same portion of the county, then that’s probably where the person of interest lived at the time of the enumeration since the census taker likely listed the names in the order in which they were actually visited.
My analysis of why I think he lived where he did should be put in my notes. I should not add it to his census enumeration since it is not a part of it. Never add what is not there.
Of course, I’ll have to make certain where the individuals I’ve chosen lived in 1850 or as near to it as I can ascertain. People do move.
Which is the exact problem I have with the person of interest.
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