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    1. [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Crawford County: Archibald Boone the Only Black Person in Crawford County in 1900
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    3. Indianapolis (IN) News, July 5, 1901, p. 9. NOTE: A search for blacks living in Crawford County, Indiana,i n 1880 revealed two people: (1) Archibal [consider Archibald a spelling variant] Boone [difficult to read, indexed as Boons at Ancestry], black, age 55 and a native of Kentucky, residing in the household of John K. Oyler [difficult to read] in Ohio Township; and (2) Silvia Boone, age 78 and a native of Kentucky, residing in the household of Robert H. Fullinwider in Boone Township. In 1900, the only black person residing in Crawford County was Archibald Boone, age 73 and a native of Indiana, who was enumerated in the household of A. R. Sheckell in Ohio Township. ONE COLORED MAN IN CRAWFORD English, Ind., July 5-The trustees of the several townships of Crawford County have finished the enumeration of the white and colored male inhabitants of Crawford County over the age of 21 years and report a total of 3, 300 white and one colored. The latter is an old, blind negro who has lived on the farm of Abram Sheckels for over 50 years.

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