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Williams - Scott Cemetery, 37-1 Summary Report, page 5
There was only one entry in the 1830 census for a Thomas A. Scott (or any variation thereof). This census, like the 1840 census, shows numbers in “age bracket” columns by gender. The males are listed first, then after the heavier, dark line at the right of the 13th column, the females are listed. Only free, white persons were given in these columns. The census form had more columns (not shown here, to the right) for free, non-white people, meaning Indians, free mulattoes, and free black people. The age bracket columns were listed in the order of Males: 0 - 5, 5 - 10, 10 - 15, 15 - 20, 20 - 30, 30 - 40, 40 - 50, 50 - 60, etc; Females: 0 - 5, 5 - 10, 10 - 15, 15 - 20, 20 - 30, 30 - 40, 40 - 50, etc. Accordingly, the above data shows that the household of Thomas A. Scott had 1 male aged 20 - 30, 1 male aged 40 - 50, 1 female aged 0 - 5, and 1 female aged 40 - 50. Since Dot Johnson's notation stated that the tombstone of Elizabeth Scott revealed her death date as 1839, at age 54, Elizabeth would have been born in 1785, making her 45 in 1830 when the census was taken. Therefore, she was the female aged 40 - 50. It
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