Indians in Mason County Michigan 1860 Census

The following 409 people were identified as Indians (I) in column 6 (color) of the 1860 census for Mason County Michigan. Many researchers believe that Native American’s were not enumerated until 1870, however, in 1860 the following instructions were issued to the US Marshall’s:

Indians not taxed are not to be enumerated. The families of Indians who have renounced tribal rule, and who under state or territory laws exercise the rights of citizens, are to be enumerated. 1

So the following 409 people identified in the 1860 Mason County Michigan census are believed to have renounced tribal rule, and under state law, exercised their rights as citizens to be enumerated.

The records below contains only those in a household who were identified by an I for their color. There may be others in the household who are not identified below and that will be on the actual census images.

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TownH#F#GivenSurnameAgeSexRaceBirth LocationOccupation
Little Sauble103103Sha won18mIndianMichiganFarm Labor
Little Sauble103103Samuel10mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble104104Ke wa bon20mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble104104Cah Quah12mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble104104Ke non qua5fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette108108JosephDon ga22mIndianMichiganLumberman
Pere Marquette108108EphriamRobinson25mIndianMichiganLumberman
Pere Marquette108108JamesNe Long25mIndianMichiganLumberman
Pere Marquette111111JohnSmith20mIndianNew YorkLaborer
Pere Marquette111111GeorgeSmith4mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette111111CharlesSmith6mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette112112Se ge na quos70mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette112112Pe ne gezhik50mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette112112Na ge so qua40fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette112112March wa10fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette112112John wa6mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette144142We ba na se61mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette144142Na bah44fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette144142Ka sa qua16fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette144142Mah bace11mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette145143ThomasMikunadto40mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette145143Tish grahMikunadto45fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette145143Me non QuaMikunadto6fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette145143Mimie youMikunadto5fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette146144Ke kak wah nah quat30mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette147145Mawn gah ni quot o qua98fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette147145E bah no qua3fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette147145Ai wah dah10mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette148146Wah ga bah wa65mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette148146Mah wa zoo63fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette148146JohnHall19mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette148146CorneliusHall18mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette148146Ma sah aun geek5fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette148146Ta ah quah ne9fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette149147Me ca wis29mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette149147Ma ke34fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette149147Ah she nick15fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette149147Soui nu ta wis10mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette149147Sophia8fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette149147Peter6mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette149147Nancy1fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette150148Mild Cat33mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette151149Me shet25mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette151149Ah she zick16fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette152151Te ga zhi quo um28mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette152151Ne ge zhe ga qua25fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette152151Bone zah1mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette153151Ene me ke wa40mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette153151Nah be zhi qua41fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette153151Nah bah ga nine20fIndianMichigan
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Citations:
  1. Eighth Census, United States—1860. Instructions to U.S. Marshals, p. 14.[↩]

Surnames:
All, Baker, Bene qua, Blacksmith, Caquet, Casaquom, Ching ge quam, Coqua, Crawford, Deam, Don ga, Elliot, Forman, Gah ne que, Griffin, Hall, Jackson, Jones, Judson, Ke qua, Kushcum, Louis, Luther, Macdaquet, May nee, Micko, Mikunadto, Monroe, Ne Long, Neanoua, Ning som, Pa bah ne kah bak soc, Pa quo tusk, Pe bah me, Pe quo tuk, Peter, Price, Qua, Quaish, Robinson, Shah wah nah se ga, Shah Won, Shaw, Shik ca ance, Shotl, Smith, Sutton, Thornwood, Wah waosete, Wakefield, Won qua,

Topics:
1860 Census,

Locations:
Freesoil Michigan, Little Sauble Michigan, Mason County MI, Pere Marquette Michigan, Summit Michigan,

Collection:
Michigan Census Records: A directory of resources providing online access to Michigan Census records. See also United States Census Records for census records on all of the United States.

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