Robert Fort 1850 Census DeSoto County MS
Robert Fort had two listings in the DeSoto County Census in 1860. He must have been on the edge of the area that the Census takers covered. Another relative John G. W. Duffey was also a neighbor and listed twice.
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| Name of every person whose usual place of abode on 1 June 1850 was in this family | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation, or Trade of each Male over 15 | Value of Reaal Estate Owned | Place of Birth naming state, territory, or country | Married within the year | In School within the year | Persons over 20 unable to read & write | If deaf & dumb, blind, insane, idiot, pauper or convict |
| Fort, R. D. | 55 | M | W | Farmer | 2040 | NC | ||||
| Elizabeth A. | 44 | F | W | TN | ||||||
| John F. | 24 | M | W | TN | ||||||
| DWC | 20 | M | W | TN | ||||||
| Thomas H. | 12 | M | W | TN | ||||||
| Tennessee | 6 | F | W | TN |
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| Name of every person whose usual place of abode on 1 June 1850 was in this family | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation, or Trade of each Male over 15 | Value of Reaal Estate Owned | Place of Birth naming state, territory, or country | Married within the year | In School within the year | Persons over 20 unable to read & write | If deaf & dumb, blind, insane, idiot, pauper or convict |
| Fort, Robert D. | 56 | M | W | Farming | 2300 | NC | ||||
| E. A. | 45 | F | W | TN | ||||||
| John A. | 23 | M | W | Farming | TN | |||||
| Thomas H. | 11 | M | W | TN | ||||||
| Dewitt C. | 20 | M | W | Farming | TN | |||||
| Tennessee | 6 | F | W | TN |
