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1870 Census
District 12
Orphan Home


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On March 11, 1867 The Tennessee Orphan Home was established to care for and educate the children of Confederate soldiers who had been killed while fighting for the cause. The home consisted of one hundred and fifty acres of farm and a house which once belonged to Montgomery County Circuit Court Clerk Thomas Mumford. The home operated between 1867 and 1883.
The 1870 U. S. Census of Montgomery County Tennessee District 12, page 139 enumerated the following residents of the home:

ALEXANDER, F.; Male; Age: 8; Orphan
ALEXANDER, M.; Female; Age: 13; Orphan
ALEXANDER, W.; Male; Age:12; Orphan
ALLISON, Emma; Female; Age: 8; Orphan
ALLISON, S.; Male; Age 12; Orphan
BARCLAY, Fannie; Female; Age: 14; Orphan
BROWN, Charles; Male; Age: 7; Orphan
BROWN, Jane; Female; Age: 40; Seamstress
BROWN, Mary; Female; Age: 12; Orphan
BROWN, N.; Female; Age: 14; Orphan
CARTER, Alice; Female; Age: 8; Orphan
CARTER, Eliza; Female; Age: 28; Teacher
CARTER, Mollie; Female; Age: 14; Orphan
CARTER, T.; Male; Age:12; Orphan
CHAPMAN, J.; Male; Age: 7; Orphan
CHAPMAN, R.; Female; Age: 10; Orphan
CLARK, William; Male; Age: 10; Orphan
CLARKS, S.; Female; Age: 5; Orphan
CLEAM, George; Male; Age: 8; Orphan
CLEAM; J.; Male; Age:12; Orphan
COLE, E.; Female; Age: 35; Employee
COLE, Ruth; Female; Age: 8; Orphan
COLE, Nannie; Female; Age: 7; Orphan
DUFF, Sarah; Female; Age: 14; Orphan
ELAM, Sarah; Female; Age: 12; Orphan
GORHAM, M.; Female; Age: 8; Orphan
GORHAM, D.; Female; Age: 7; Orphan
GORMLEY, Fannie; Female; Age: 13; Orphan
GORMLEY, Ellen; Female; Age: 12; Orphan
HAYS, L.; Male; Age: 13; Orphan
HOBBS, Ella; Female; Age: 6; Orphan
HOBBS, Jonathan; Male; Age: 6; Orphan
HUCE, Mary; Female; Age: 6; Orphan
HUMPHREY, Emma; Female; Age: 7; Orphan
HURST, Jonathan; Male; Age: 9; Orphan
HURST, Martha; Female; Age: 11; Orphan
HURST, Sarah; Female; Age: 12; Orphan
JACKSON, Kate; Female; Age: 9; Orphan
JENKINS, Mary; Female; Age: 32; Teacher
JENKINS, Mattie; Female; Age: 5; Orphan
JOHNSON, Lucille; Female; Age: 14; Orphan
JOHNSON, M.; Female; Age: 10; Orphan
JOHNSON, Mary; Female; Age: 41; Employee
JOHNSON, Nettie; Female; Age: 8; Orphan
MANNING, James; Male; Age: 14; Orphan
MANNING, Jonathan; Male; Age: 10; Orphan
MCCLURE, A.; Female; Age: 30; Employee
MCCLURE, Lula; Female; Age: 10; Orphan
MCCLURE, T.; Male; Age: 8; Orphan
MCKENSIE, H.; Male; Age: 36; Manager of home
NELSON, W.; Male; Age: 9; Orphan
PARSONS, J.; Female; Age: 8; Orphan
ROBERTS, Bettie; Female; Age: 14; Orphan
ROBERTS; L.; Female; Age: 12; Orphan
ROBERTSON, M.; Female; Age: 14; Orphan
ROBERTSON, William; Male; Age: 11; Orphan
SHAW, Mattie; Female; Age: 7; Orphan
SHAW, Robert; Male; Age: 8; Orphan
SHOVER, C.; Female; Age: 39; Employee
SHOVER, C.; Male; Age: 9; Orphan
SHOVER, Jonathan; Male; Age: 7; Orphan
SHOWER, P.; Male; Age: 10; Orphan
TIDWELL, Mary; Female; Age: 7; Orphan
TIDWELL, Sarah; Female; Age: 12; Orphan
TURNER, James; Male; Age: 9; Orphan
TURNER, S.; Female; Age: 10; Orphan
TOMLISON, S.; Female; Age: 10; Orphan
TOMLISON, M.; Female; Age: 8; Orphan
TOMLISON, M.; Female; Age: 26; Teacher
WATKINS, L.; Female; Age: 11; Orphan
WATSON, John; Male; Age: 8; Orphan
WINSON, Nettie; Female; Age: 8; Orphan
WINSON, Lettie; Female; Age: 8; Orphan


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