Yes, an Indian could own land in SC at any time in the state's history. Would a white woman has been listed as head of household if she were married to an Indian is impossible to answer. It depends. She could have been head of household because the census taker thought so or she was home when the census taker came and asked who is the head of the household and she said she was. In short, there were no real guidelines as to how to determine who was the head of the household. However, in practice the husband is almost always listed--presumably "breadwinner" in our terminology would be the person who headed the household. She could have widow status and own the house. There are a lot of different scenarios to consider. Mulatto was always mixed black and white. In a census you will generally find "Ind" if Indian but it might be only "I" or could be "In," the blank to be filled in was small and maybe it depended on how large the census taker wrote. Louise Pettus > From: Cloversc@aol.com. > Reply-To: SCYORK-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 15:30:59 EST > To: SCYORK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SCYORK] Census problem/mulatto > Resent-From: SCYORK-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:31:04 -0700 > > Does anyone know if Indians were allowed to own land in York Co. SC in 1850? > If a white woman were married to an Indian male or living with him, would she > > > have been listed as the head of household during that time? (The area of the > > > county does not appear to be in Indian lands.) > > I am trying to puzzle out a census on a woman in 1850, who is listed as > head of household in York Co. In 1860, some of her adult children are given > as mulatto on the census. No male head of household is given. Was mulatto > used for anyone of mixed race (i.e. either Indian or black?) > Janelle D. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I have to disagree with the statement Mulatto was always black and white. Many of my family have been listed as white, mulatto and black all in the same household. Never once were they listed as Indian. My middle sister is fair skinned, freckled, black hair and brilliant blue eyes. She has two redheaded daughters. My oldest sister has olive complexion, green eyes and black hair. I have olive complexion blue eyes and was blonde. I have a fair skinned brown eyed son and a black eyed olive compexioned daughter. My paternal grandmother was full blood Cherokee, my paternal Grandfather was Irish, my maternal grandmother was an Irish Redhead and my maternal grandfather was English. Those lines produced some of the most beautiful children with diverse coloring. The census taker put down the color he thought was right. So, please never think the color listed on a census is right. Winnette --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.343 / Virus Database: 190 - Release Date: 3/22/02

My point was this: mulatto always means some combination of black and white (look in the dictionary and in law books) Census takers were often wrong. (They may have put down mulatto--they could put down anything they wanted.) Louise Pettus > From: "Greg And Winnette" <gnw@rose.net> > Reply-To: SCYORK-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:42:49 -0500 > To: SCYORK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SCYORK] Re: Race shown on Census is not always right > Resent-From: SCYORK-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 15:45:06 -0700 > > I have to disagree with the statement Mulatto was always black and white. > Many of my family have been listed as white, mulatto and black all in the > same household. Never once were they listed as Indian. > > My middle sister is fair skinned, freckled, black hair and brilliant blue > eyes. She has two redheaded daughters. My oldest sister has olive > complexion, green eyes and black hair. I have olive complexion blue eyes > and was blonde. I have a fair skinned brown eyed son and a black eyed olive > compexioned daughter. > > My paternal grandmother was full blood Cherokee, my paternal Grandfather was > Irish, my maternal grandmother was an Irish Redhead and my maternal > grandfather was English. Those lines produced some of the most beautiful > children with diverse coloring. > > The census taker put down the color he thought was right. So, please never > think the color listed on a census is right. > > Winnette > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.343 / Virus Database: 190 - Release Date: 3/22/02 > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >