Hi, All. I was looking for family members in the transcription of the 1850 census of Black Township and was struck by the fact that there were so many people living in each of the dwellings listed, sometimes more than 40, with many surnames listed per dwelling. I thought at first that they might be hotels, but then realized that some family members listed had been in Posey County for years and were known to be farmers. Does anyone have a clue as to what kinds of buildings, institutions, etc., they might be? Harriette ============================================================================== Hoisington Family Web Site <http://www.genweb.net/~hoisington/index.htm> Sumner Co. KS <http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/sumner/index.html> Kay Co. OK <http://www.rootsweb.com/~okkay/okkay.htm> SURNAMES: HOISINGTON (w/28 variant spellings) anywhere, HATFIELD (OH>IN>IA> KS>OK), HARDIN (MO>OK), DAVIS (Posey Co. IN), MORRIS (KS), COMBS (KY,IN,KS,OK, CA), JONES (Brown Co. OH), PERKINS (VT>IA>KS>OK>TX), LATHAM (MO)