I've seen the term, too. In the cases where I've noted it, the person was elderly and was in the household of someone other than an immediate family member. I took it to mean that the person was unable to take care of himself. In my case the "inmate" was a 90 year old grandfather in the household of his granddaughter and her husband. W. McCollum -------------- Original message -------------- > I have found the term "inmate" listed beside a name or names in at least 2 > different census records I have reseached. In each case the "inmate" was > listed with a family, not in an institution. Example: John Sosebee - inmate, > age 21 was listed with the Michael Stoner family in 1850. Does anyone know to > what "inmate" referred? > > Carol > > > ==== GAHABERS Mailing List ==== > Habersham was created in 1818 from Cherokee Lands and part of Franklin County. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Two situations come to mind for the 1850 time frame. The sheriff sometimes boarded the prisoners. The head of the household collected money from the county for the care of the (indigent?) inmate. mccollumw@comcast.net wrote: > I've seen the term, too. In the cases where I've noted it, the person was elderly and was in the household of someone other than an immediate family member. I took it to mean that the person was unable to take care of himself. In my case the "inmate" was a 90 year old grandfather in the household of his granddaughter and her husband. >W. McCollum > >-------------- Original message -------------- > > > >>I have found the term "inmate" listed beside a name or names in at least 2 >>different census records I have reseached. In each case the "inmate" was >>listed with a family, not in an institution. Example: John Sosebee - inmate, >>age 21 was listed with the Michael Stoner family in 1850. Does anyone know to >>what "inmate" referred? >> >>Carol >> >> >>==== GAHABERS Mailing List ==== >>Habersham was created in 1818 from Cherokee Lands and part of Franklin County. >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > >==== GAHABERS Mailing List ==== >http//www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/habersham.htm >We have lots of "specific" Search Engines --- click on the category and type in the word. > >============================== >Search our Immigration Records and view names from multiple ports >ranging from 1500s - 1900s. Over 23 million records to view. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13967/rd.ashx > > > > >