1880 Hillsborough County Census

There was evidently some controversy over the 1880 Hillsborough County, Florida Census. Below is several articles relating to the problems that occurred in the 1880 Census.

• Census Enumerators while taking the United States Census of Hillsborough County, Florida. Listed some white citizens as being black citizens in the Linoma, Bloomingdale area. Horace Greeley Thomas was the enumerator. (See U. S. Census 1880, Hillsborough County, Page 95 to 186.) 7 Oct 1880; 1:6.
  
  
• Census Manipulation of the 1880 census by enumeration resulted in white people being counted as black people in precinct 9, 10, 11. Hillsborough County, Florida. 26 Ag 1880; 2:23.
  
  
• Census taker copyist makes errors in U. S. Census 1880, Hillsborough County, Florida in attempts to increase number of black citizens by counting whites as blacks. 7 Oct 1880; 1:6.
  

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1880 Hillsborough County, Florida Census
Note A-The Census Year begins June 1, 1879 and ends May 31, 1880.
Note B-All persons will be included in the enumeration who were living on the 1st day of June 1880. No others will. Children born since June 1, 1880 will be omitted. Members of families who have died since June 1, 1880 will be included.
Note C-Questions No's 13, 14, 22 and 23 are not to be asked in respect to persons under 10 years of age.

The census is numbered as follows:
Name of Street
House Number(In Cities)

• 1-Dwelling houses numbered in order of visitation
• 2-Families numbered in order of visitation
• 3-The Name of each Person whose place of abode on the 1st day of June
  1880, was in this family
• 4-Color-White, W; Black, B; Mulatto, MU; Chinese, C; Indian, I.
• 5-Sex-Male, M; Female, F.
• 6-Age at 1st birthday prior to June 1, 1880. If under 1 year, give
  months in fractions, thus: 8/12
• 7-If born within the Census year, give the month
• 8-Relationship of each person to the head of this family-whether
  wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder, or other.
• 9-Single
• 10-Married
• 11-Widowed, divorced
• 12-Married during the Census year
• 13-Profession, Occupation or Trade of each person, male or female
• 14-Numbers of months this person has been unemployed during the
  Census year
• 15-Is the person(on the day of the enumerator's visit)sick,
  temporarily disabled, so as to be unable to attend to ordinary
  business or duties? If so, what is the sickness or disability?
• 16-Blind
• 17-Deaf and Dumb
• 18-Idiotic
• 19-Insane
• 20-Maimed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled
• 21-Attended school within the Census year
• 22-Cannot read
• 23-Cannot write
• 24-Place of Birth of this person, naming State or Territory
  of United States, or the Country if of foreign birth
• 25-Place of Birth of the father of this person, naming State or
  Territory of United States, or the Country if of foreign birth.
• 26-Place of Birth of the mother of this person, naming State or
  Territory of United States, or the Country if of foreign birth.

  District 61
  
  

  Precinct 1
  Precinct 2
  Precinct 3
  Precinct 4
  Precinct 5
  
  

  District 62
  

  The Town of Tampa Pages 17-26 District 63
  
  Precinct 7 & 8
  District 64
  
  Precinct 9, 10 & 11