1850 Census - African Americans in Dauphin County

W Surnames

• Walters, Aby
  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. In household of Robert Clayton. (see listing)

• Walters, Simon
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 58/60
  description (age/sex/color): 26/M/M
  occupation: Waiter
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 52A
  other members in household:
  • Susan Walters
    description: 19/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • William C. Walters
    description: 1/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • James Robbins
    description: 31/M/M
    occupation: Barber
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Eliza Robbins
    description: 27/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Ward, Hanna
  location: Harrisburg, South Ward
  visitation (house/family): 217/241(William Doles, Watchmaker)
  description (age/sex/color): 40/F/M
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Listed at the end of a very large household, possibly a boarding house. Other African Americans listed are Martha Smith and Victoria Shultz.
  census page: 15A

• Washington, George
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 195/247
  description (age/sex/color): 60/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in dwelling of Williams, John (see listing)
  census page: 67A
  other members in household:
  • Ann Washington
    description: 49/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Mary Washington
    description: 14/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Rebecca Washington
    description: 13/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Thomas Washington
    description: 12/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • William Washington
    description: 10/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • William James Washington
    description: 3/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Washington, Mary
  location: Harrisburg, West Ward (309/341)
  description (age/sex/color): 12/F/B
  occupation: (none listed) possible household servant
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: In the household of Robert J. Fleming, coachmaker. Another African American, Rebecca Harden, is also listed.
  census page: 23A

• Watkins, Hiram
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 209/268
  description (age/sex/color): 40/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in the dwelling of Jackson, William (see listing).
  census page: 68A-68B
  other members in household:
  • Frances Watkins
    description: 41/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • William Watkins
    description: 12/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Martha Watkins
    description: 10/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Mary Ann Watkins
    description: 8/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Hiram Watkins
    description: 5/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Watkins, Thomas
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 97/104
  description (age/sex/color): 70/M/B
  occupation: (none listed)
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 56A
  other members in household:
  • Dinah Watkins
    description: 68/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  other households in dwelling:
  • Franklin Robison
    visitation (house/family): 97/105
    description (age/sex/color): 27/M/B
    occupation: Laborer
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
    other members in household:
    • Ellen Robison
      description: 23/F/M
      place of birth: Pennsylvania
      notes:
    • James E. Robison
      description: 3/M/M
      place of birth: Pennsylvania
      notes:

• Watts, David
  description: 30/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in household of Jones, W. M. (see listing).

• Wells, Edward
  location: Harrisburg, West Ward
  visitation (house/family): 631/697 (Penitentiary)
  description (age/sex/color): 26/M/B
  occupation: Waiter
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: (Convict) "Arson" "1847" (Year of conviction?)
  census page: 45B

• White, Martha
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward (21/22)
  description (age/sex/color): 23/F/M
  occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: In the household of Jacob Seiler.
  census page: 48B

• Wilkinson, Eliza
  description: 25/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in the household of Phillips, James (see listing)

• Williams, Andrew
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 192/241
  description (age/sex/color): 26/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: New York
  notes:
  census page: 66B
  other members in household:
  • Henda (sp?) Williams
    description: 20/F/M
    place of birth: Virginia
    notes: "Cannot read and write."
  • William Williams
    description: 12/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year." "Cannot read and write."
  • John Williams
    description: 8/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."

• Williams, Ezekiel
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 256/329
  description (age/sex/color): 36/M/B
  occupation: (none listed)
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Maryland
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
  census page: 72A
  other members in household:
  • Rachel Williams
    description: 31/F/B
    place of birth: Maryland
    notes: "Cannot read and write."
  • Mary E. Williams
    description: 14/F/B
    place of birth: Maryland
    notes:
  • Frances Williams
    description: 11/F/B
    place of birth: Maryland
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • David Williams
    description: 13/M/B
    place of birth: Maryland
    notes:  A short article in the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph, dated 28 September 1857, notes:  "Wild Pigeons--Two colored men, named David Williams and Thos. Jones, while hunting at Marsh Run, York county, on Saturday last, succeeded in capturing forty-three wild pigeons.  A good day's work."
  • Ezekiel Williams
    description: 6/M/B
    place of birth: Maryland
    notes:
  • John Williams
    description: 1/M/B
    place of birth: Maryland
    notes:

• Williams, Henery
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward (23/24)
  description (age/sex/color): 31/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Maryland
  notes: In the household of John Sanders. Possibly a boarding house. Other African Americans listed at this dwelling: William Clark, Maria Marks, Thomas Brise, Peter Jacobs, Samuel Tums, James Dehaven and William Franks. "Cannot read and write."
  census page: 49A

• Williams, Henrietta
  location: Harrisburg, West Ward (473/525)
  description (age/sex/color): 12/F/B
  occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant
  place of birth: Maryland
  notes: In the household of Joseph Scott, carpenter. Though Joseph Scott was born in Pennsylvania, his wife Mary lists Maryland as her state of birth, as does Henrietta.
  census page: 35B-36A

• Williams, James
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 201/257
  description (age/sex/color): 28/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned: 700
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 67B
  other members in household:
  • Elizabeth Williams
    description: 30/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Joseph Williams
    description: 13/M/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • James Williams
    description: 6/M/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Jonathan Williams
    description: 3/M/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Williams, John
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 195/246
  description (age/sex/color): 44/M/M
  occupation: (none listed)
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 67A
  other members in household:
  • Martha Williams
    description: 40/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Margaret Williams
    description: 4/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year." "Cannot read and write." "Insane"
  • Virginia Williams
    description: 3/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  other households in dwelling:
  1. George Washington family (see listing this page)

• Williams, John
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 248/321
  description (age/sex/color): 40/M/B
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in dwelling of Ball, Haram (see listing)
  census page: 71A-71B
  other members in household:
  • Polly Williams
    description: 41/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Maria Williams
    description: 12/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Hannah Williams
    description: 10/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • John Williams
    description: 8/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Joshua Williams
    description: 6/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Jacob Williams
    description: 5/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Valentine Brown
    description: 40/M/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Catharine Brown
    description: 37/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • James Brown
    description: 10/M/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Hannah Brown
    description: 8/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Sarah Brown
    description: 4/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Williams, John F.
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 176/215
  description (age/sex/color): 30/M/M
  occupation: Barber
  value of real estate owned: 800
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 65A
  other members in household:
  • Hannah Williams
    description: 30/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Robert Williams
    description: 4/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Eveline Humpley
    description: 28/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Sarah Humpley
    description: 24/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Charles H. Vance
    description: 21/M/B
    occupation: Barber
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Joseph Williams
    description: 18/M/B
    occupation: Barber
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • William Mellot
    description: 16/M/B
    occupation: Barber
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Williams, Julia
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward (52/53)
  description (age/sex/color): 18/F/B
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in hotel operated by Jacob Sanders.
  census page: 51A-51B

• Williams, Maria
  description: 37/F/M
  place of birth: Virginia
  notes: In household of Gantz, Edward R. (see listing)

• Williams, Maria
  description: 16/F/M
  place of birth: Penna.
  notes: In household of McClintock, Henry (see listing)

• Williams, Phebe
  description: 76/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: In household of Carr, George (see listing)

• Wilson, Hezekiah
  location: Harrisburg, South Ward
  visitation (house/family): 22/25
  description (age/sex/color): 42/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned: (Tenant)
  place of birth: Pa
  notes: In household of Popel, Joseph (see listing)
  census page: 2A
  other members in household:
  • Emeline do
    description: 36/F/M
    place of birth: Pa
    notes:

• Wilson, James
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 171/209
  description (age/sex/color): 44/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write." In dwelling of Harris, George (see listing)
  census page: 64B
  other members in household:
  • Elizabeth Wilson
    description: 37/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Cannot read and write."
  • John Wilson
    description: 10/MB
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Mary Wilson
    description: 2/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • James Wilson
    description: 12/M/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Wilson, James
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 185/230
  description (age/sex/color): 54/M/M
  occupation: (none listed)
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 66A
  other members in household:
  • Mary Wilson
    description: 50/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Sarah Wilson
    description: 13/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Ellen Wilson
    description: 11/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Mary Wilson
    description: 9/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • William Wilson
    description: 7/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • James Wilson
    description: 6/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Rachel Yallett
    description: 86/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Cannot read and write."
  • Daniel Yallett
    description: 87/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Cannot read and write."

• Wilson, Sarah
  location: Harrisburg, West Ward (411/460)
  description (age/sex/color): 15/F/M
  occupation: (none listed) Possibly a household servant.
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: In the household of Dr. Henry C. Berkhorse.
  census page: 31A

• Wolf, John
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 153/156
  description (age/sex/color): 29/M/M
  occupation: School Teacher
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Frederick Douglass stayed with this family when he visited Harrisburg with William Lloyd Garrison in 1847.
  census page: 86A
  other members in household:
  • Mary Ann Wolf
    description: 28/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Josephine Wolf
    description: 6/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Wendel Wolf
    description: 3/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Edmund Wolf
    description: 1/M/M
    place of birth:
    notes:
  other households in dwelling:
  1. George Scott
     visitation (house/family): 153/157
     description (age/sex/color): 25/M/M
     occupation: Servant
     place of birth: Pennsylvania
     notes:
     other members in household:
     • Rebecca Scott
       description: 19/F/M
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:
     • Ann C. Scott
       description: 3/F/M
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:
  2. Benjamin Bailey
     visitation (house/family): 153/158
     description (age/sex/color): 45/M/M
     occupation: Laborer
     place of birth: Maryland
     notes: "Cannot read and write."
     other members in household:
     • Ann R. Bailey
       description: 29/F/M
       place of birth: Maryland
       notes:
     • Harriet Ann Bailey
       description: 4/F/M
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes: "Attended school within the year."
     • James Butler
       description: 40/M/B
       occupation: Laborer
       place of birth: Maryland
       notes: "Cannot read and write."
     • Louisa Butler
       description: 35/F/B
       place of birth: Maryland
       notes: "Cannot read and write."

• Wright, William
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  description (age/sex/color): 25/M/B
  occupation: Waiter
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Enumerated in the household of C. W. Schreiner, teacher. This is possibly a boardinghouse.
  census page: 98A
  other African Americans in household: Charles Stewert, James Stevens, Jacob Peters, John Johnson.

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