Not according to the federal census bureau! I believe the authorities didn't care enough about non-whites to differentiate further. Debbie -----Original Message----- From: Mary Fobian <[email protected]> Sent: Jan 31, 2005 2:24 PM To: Debra Winchell <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Allen Cty List] Re: Native Americans in Allen Co., 1850s-1870s That is good to know how they mark the Indian families. I have been looking for my Indian line. But I thought mulato was a mix black & white. Mary Fobian Hesperia,Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debra Winchell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [Allen Cty List] Re: Native Americans in Allen Co., 1850s-1870s >I 1852 my great-great-grandfather Albert G. Gatton, who was probably >full-blood Native American, married Amaline Devour, who was native. They >were on the 1860 census records, with their children. They were both >marked as non-white, as were their neighbors, the Sunderlands and >Berrymans. I have a photo that shows how native their daughter Margaret >looked. In the late 1900s I was told by the curator of the Allen County >Museum there were no indians in the county after the Shawnee left their >reservation in 1830s. You have to know how native people off the >reservation were recorded on the census records. Usually it's with a >checkmark, especially if it's in the race column, or with a script "L" for >mulato. > > Debbie Winchell > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Jan 29, 2005 9:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Allen Cty List] Re: Native Americans in Allen Co., 1850s-1870s > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYB.2ACI/735.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Allen county site which says that by 1880 only four Indians were on the > census. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/allmain.html > Allen County Museum > http://www.allencountymuseum.org/ > > > ==== OHALLEN Mailing List ==== > Allen County, Ohio - OHGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/allmain.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== OHALLEN Mailing List ==== > Allen County, Ohio - OHGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/allmain.html > > ============================== > 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 > >