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This census was taken in order to determine eligible voters for elections to be held as proclaimed by Governor Andrew Reeder on November 10, 1854. The categories for information in the census were name, occupation, age, gener, emigrated from, native of United States, naturalized citizen, declarant (intention to become a citizen), Negro, slave, and voter. Only white males over twenty-one were eligible to vote. The districts used for the census were the same as the election districts. A statistical summary of the census followed the enumeration pages. For District 13, the place of election was the house of G. M. Dyer, at the town of Ozawkie. The boundaries of each district were described in Governor Reeder's proclamation, and it is difficult to determine what counties were in each district. The description of District 13 follows: "Commencing in the Kansas River, three miles above the mouth of Stranger Creek; thence in a northwardly direction by a line three miles west of said creek, and corresponding to the courses thereof until it shall strike the southern line of the last Kickapoo reservation; thence along the southern and western line of said reservation, and the western line of the late Sac and Fox reservation to the north line of the Territory; thence west along said line to the line of the Twelfth District; thence by the same and down Soldier's Creek to the mouth thereof, and down the Kansas River to the place of beginning." Districts 13 and 15 are included in one volume [and are scanned as one as it is difficult to determine which entries are in what district].
Creator: Jolly, H. B.
Date: January-February, 1855
Item Number: 7297
Call Number: State Archives
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7297
Collections - State Archives
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kickapoo
People - American Indians - Tribes - Sac and Fox
Places - Counties - Calhoun (1855-1859)
Places - Counties - Jackson
Places - Counties - Jefferson
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Census
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