I’m researching the Major/Mager surname. On Ancestry.com I came across a listing in the 1840 census for Otsego County - Roll 329, Page 341, that interests me: John Mager, age 82, veteran. The form is oddly filled out. There is no first page. I’m interested in finding out more about him as well as why this form is filed out differently then usual. I would appreciate any leads or advice. Thanks, Cindy Researching: Major/Mager and Brote/Broat/Broadt.

Cindy, The page on which you found John Mager was a summary page, showing township totals plus Revolutionary War pensioners. In the 1840 census, the right hand side of each page is used for totals in the family, names of Revolutionary pensioners, and other information; since this is a township summary the left hand pages (with names of householders) are not used. In fact, John Mager is listed as living in the Town of Decatur, Otsego County, page 278 (printed), 535 (penciled) with the following listing: John Mager 00000000001 0000000001 The right hand of this page also shows him as a Revolutionary Pensioner aged 82. Decatur is a rural township on the eastern edge of Otsego County, adjoining Schoharie County. But his name is so badly scrawled that the used by ancestry.com obviously couldn't read it, and indexed it as John Magee, which is why only the summary was indexed under his name. But if you search for the name John Magee you should find it; or search for "Justice Platt," you will find your John listed just below him. Hope this solves your immediate problem. I'll have a look to see if there is more about him anywhere. Hugh MacDougall Official Historian Village of Cooperstown 8 Lake Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 coophist@stny.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Christ" <cynthiachrist@cox.net> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 7:34 PM Subject: [NYOTSEGO] 1840 Census > I’m researching the Major/Mager surname. On Ancestry.com I came across a > listing in the 1840 census for Otsego County - Roll 329, Page 341, that > interests me: John Mager, age 82, veteran. The form is oddly filled out. > There is no first page. > > I’m interested in finding out more about him as well as why this form is > filed out differently then usual. I would appreciate any leads or advice. > > Thanks, > Cindy > > Researching: Major/Mager and Brote/Broat/Broadt. > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in digest mode send an email with > the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message to the > following address: NYOtsego-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx