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Important-Read
First The "1890 US Census, Harris County, Texas - Special Schedule.-Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, etc.," was transcribed, edited and compiled utilizing several sources. The quality of handwriting from the schedules of S.D. 2, E.D. 56 was very poor and required extensive interpretation, which effectively associated considerable error in the names listed. The enumerators also mistakenly recorded Confederate Veterans in addition to Union veterans as required. Therefore, many of the Confederate Veteran names were "lined out" by census headquarters, making them nearly unreadable for transcription. Additional sources were utilized to help in the verification and comparison of the actual data and it's probable transcriptional form. Additional names have been added, either indicated by parenthesis or in their own unique field. The intention is to present potential transcription possibilities that may be captured by search engines. This index and the eventual transcription, both not in final form and still being a work in progress, should be utilized only as a guide for
further research and study. For comments and/or questions
please contact me, Douglas
Anderson.
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An example of the header information of the 1890 US Census
Eleventh Census of the United States, Special Schedule.-Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, etc.
Persons who served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States during the war of the rebellion (who are survivors), and Widows of such persons, in ____________ , in County of ______________, State of ______________, enumerated in June 1890. Enumerator ______________
S.D.: ____ E.D.: ____ Minor Civil Division: Texas
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Sources:
1. The National Archives and Records
Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-600, "1890 Federal Population Census, Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. M123. 118 rolls", Texas-Roll 99. Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Galveston, Gregg, Harris, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Houston, Hunt, Jefferson, Lamar, Liberty, Marion, Montgomery, Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Walker, and Wood Counties.
2. Book "1890 Texas Census index of Civil War Veterans
or Their Widows," compiled by Bryan Lee Dilts, Index
Publishing Co. Salt Lake City, UT, June 1984.
3. The "1890 Texas Union Soldier
Schedule", Donated by: "Petra Wright". No source information posted, however it appears to be transcribed from 1890 Census-Special Schedule microfilm.
4. Ancestry.com. 1890 Veterans Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1890. M123, 118 rolls.
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