Today, we are concluding our ongoing review of the Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Schedule from the 1880 census. Today's post will cover the persons named in that schedule for McCracken County. I expect to have all of the particulars associated with each individual listing available at some future point, but, at this juncture, I do not have anything beyond what is shown below. The enumerators were not thorough at all in their completion of this part of the census, and, in the counties so far examined in the JP region, left many of the columns blank, showing only the name and nothing else. The same name may be found in two or more of the categories, as someone who was blind could also be deaf and mute, and could even be in the poor house and perhaps even shown as idiotic. In another subject area, and in view of my offerings recently of the instructions to the marshals and assistant marshals for carrying out the 1840 and 1850 census enumerations, I have been reminded that it has been some time since I last posted the census dates for the 1790-1830 census enumerations. The "census date" is the date on which the enumeration is based. For example, the census enumerator might not reach a resident's home until early August, but the information he requested was for the inhabitants as of the census date. For most of the 19th century census years, the census date was 1 June. A child born on 2 June 1850, for example, would not be shown on the 1850 census, since he/she was born *after* the census date. The opposite would be true for a man who died, for example, on 1 July 1850. He would be shown living in the household on the census, because he was living there on 1 June. Census dates need to be known and observed, as they do impact who was shown on the enumerations for each family. Here are the various census dates: 1790 - 2 August 1800 - 4 August 1810 - 6 August 1820 - 7 August 1830 - 1900 - 1 June 1910 - 15 April 1920 - 1 January 1930 - 1 April Tomorrow, we will move to Graves County. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ McCracken County - Persons Shown on the 1880 Census - DDD Schedule Insane: Vance, Samuel Cross, Lucretia Randell, Priscilla Adams, John Starr, Charles Loftin, Franklin Bridges, Dora Wood, Tony Kaufman, John B. Grubbs, John Hagan, Hanna Idiots: Westfall, John Brunson, Margaret Caruthers, Josephine McGee, Louisa Owens,Rachel Thompson, Evan Huston, Joseph Dabney, Claiborne Grubbs, Sam Hershen, Henry Scott, Sam Soule, Lee Deaf-Mutes: McCullor, Minnie Dawson, Emily Cusmen, Alan Rudolph, Harvey Waters, Allen Howe, Ed F. Lewis, Thomas Waldrum, Nancy Blind: Fletcher, William Massey, Becky Hulen, Alice M. Petty, Ralph McNeill, Morris Craig, Unity H. McAvoy[?], Lee Flournoy, William Englest, Ann E. Serquesten, Harry Serquesten, Alices Somers, Nancy Bledsoe, Theophilus Tidwell, Sarah Homeless Children: Bridges, Dora Poor House Inhabitants: Adams, John Starr, Charles Cross, Lucretia Bridges, Dora Wood, Tony Greer, Mary Loftin, Frank Scott, Sam Bavis, Ann Bavis, Connie Bavis, Louisa Bavis, Jesse Castenbaler, Kate Walker, Alexander Harris, Tennessee Jones, Jane Sca----, Bridget In McCracken County Jail: Harris, George (Grand Larceny) Holland, Winston (Grand Larceny) Waters, Henry (Grand Larceny) Luten, Ben (Grand Larceny) Duree, Frank (Grand Larceny) Galvin, John (House breaking) Waters, Ann (Grand Larceny) Thomas, Frank (of Illinois - Horse Stealing) Lockhart, Dillas D. (Grand Larceny) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++