1850 Census - African Americans in Dauphin County

C Surnames

• Cann, Charles H.
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 11/12
  description (age/sex/color): 27/M/M
  occupation: Barber
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Maryland
  notes:
  census page: 47B
  other members in household:
  • Priscilla Cann
    description: 24/F/M
    place of birth: Maryland
    notes:
  • Amelia Cann
    description: 1/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • John H. Brown
    description: 11/M/B
    place of birth: Maryland
    notes:
  • Sarah Payne
    description: 50/F/M
    place of birth: Maryland
    notes:
  • Edward Harris
    description: 30/M/M
    occupation: Barber
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Samuel Johnson
    description: 15/M/M
    occupation: Barber
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Carbaugh, Daniel
  location: Harrisburg, South Ward
  visitation (house/family): 25/28
  description (age/sex/color): 31/M/W
  occupation: (none listed)
  value of real estate owned: 150
  place of birth: Pa
  notes:
  census page: 2A
  other members in household:
  • Mary do
    description: 30/F/M
    place of birth: Pa
    notes:
  • Richardson, Isabella
    description: 19/F/W
    place of birth: Pa
    notes:

• Carr, George
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 109/109
  description (age/sex/color): 43/M/M
  occupation: Servant
  value of real estate owned: 1200
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 82A
  other members in household:
  • Ruth Carr
    description: 35/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Louisa Carr
    description: 18/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • John Carr
    description: 3/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Phebe Williams
    description: 76/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Carry, Sarah
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward (118/131)
  description (age/sex/color): 13/F/M
  occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in household of George Prince, gentleman.
  census page: 59A

• Carter, Mary
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward (116/116)
  description (age/sex/color): 22/F/M
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Enumerated at Daniel Herr's hotel
  census page: 83A-83B
  List of all African Americans in this hotel: George Malony, Samuel Bennet, Ann E. Bennet, George Hamilton, Jacob Bennett, John Smith, Peter Adley, Augustus Coates, Phebe Belt, Mary Carter, Ann Foot, Eliza Forrest, Margaret James, Julia Green, Harriet Belt, Charles Bradford and John Fyatt.

• Chandler, Ellen
  description: 16/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living with the George Chester family, below.

• Chandler, George
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 190/207
  description (age/sex/color): 60/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
  census page: 88B
  other members in household:
  • Elizabeth Chandler
    description: 38/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Rachel Chandler
    description: 18/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • John Cox
    description: 34/M/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Chester, George
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 198/215
  description (age/sex/color): 35/M/B
  occupation: Oysterman
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Maryland
  notes: Marks indicate that three children in the household "attended school within the year." The Chester household and Market Street restaurant  was an unofficial abolitionist headquarters and a stop on the Underground Railroad.  Egle refers to Chester as a "well-remembered caterer." (Notes and Queries, Third Series, Volume II, CXXX, p.287)
  census page: 89A
  other members in household:
  • Jane M. Chester
    description: 42/F/B
    place of birth: Maryland
    notes:
  • Charlotte Chester
    description: 20/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Thomas Chester
    description: 16/M/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: This is Thomas Morris Chester, who would gain fame in politics, journalism, law and civil rights.
  • David Chester
    description: 14/M/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: David Chester would become a Philadelphia City Councilman.
  • Harriett Chester
    description: 13/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Ellen Chester
    description: 11/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Maria Chester
    description: 9/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Eliza Chester
    description: 4/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Ellen Chandler
    description: 16/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • John Allen
    description: 52/M/M
    occupation: Cooper
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Richard Thomas
    description: 25/M/M
    occupation: Shoemaker
    place of birth: Virginia
    notes:
  • Edward Simmons
    description: 21/M/M
    occupation: Waiter
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Childs, John
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 207/263
  description (age/sex/color): 37/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned: 600
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
  census page: 68A
  other members in household:
  • Martha Childs
    description: 30/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Cannot read and write."
  • Sarah Childs
    description: 4/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Frances Childs
    description: 1/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  other households in dwelling:
  1. Charles Green
     visitation (house/family): 207/264
     description (age/sex/color): 24/M/B
     occupation: Laborer
     place of birth: Pennsylvania
     notes: "Cannot read and write."
     other members in household:
     • Neanie Green
       description: 20/F/B
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes: "Cannot read and write."
     • Peter Yellots
       description: 87/M/M
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:
  2. Charles Thompson
     visitation (house/family): 207/265
     description (age/sex/color): 48/M/B
     occupation: (none listed)
     place of birth: Pennsylvania
     notes:
     other members in household:
     • Margaret Thompson
       description: 26/F/M
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:
     • David Thompson
       description: 1/M/M
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:

• Chilton, Mary E.
  description: 10/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: In household of Alsop, Thomas (see listing)

• Clark, Mary J.
  description: 8/F/B
  place of birth: Penna.
  notes: In household of Harding, Charles. (see listing)

• Clark, Richard
  location: Harrisburg, West Ward
  visitation (house/family): 631/697 (Penitentiary)
  description (age/sex/color): 25/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Delaware
  notes: (Convict) "Robbery" "1847" (Year of conviction?)
  census page: 45B

• Clark, William
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward (23/24)
  description (age/sex/color): 18/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: In the household of John Sanders. Possibly a boarding house. Other African Americans listed at this dwelling: Thomas Brise, Maria Marks, Peter Jacobs, Samuel Tums, Henery Williams, James Dehaven and William Franks.
  census page: 49A

• Clayton, Robert
  location: Harrisburg, South Ward
  visitation (house/family): 45/51
  description (age/sex/color): 30/M/W
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned: (Tenant)
  place of birth: New York State
  notes:
  census page: 3B
  other members in household:
  • Anna do
    description: 5/F/M
    place of birth: New York State
    notes:
• Samuel Johnston
  description: 40/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Delaware
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
• Aby Walters
  description: 5/F/B
  place of birth: Delaware
  notes: Marked as "Cannot read and write," however, this is inconsistent with her age, as that category pertains only to persons over 20 years of age.