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
Pere Marquette180178Ah bose qua6fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette181179JohnWah waosete40mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette181179Me maceWah waosete40fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette181179Sco be na seWah waosete5mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette182180Sco te se min40mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette182180Julia40fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette182180Margaret6fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette183181Sha wah nah se ga30mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette183181Mah ne24fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette184182Wah be ni be qua60fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette185183Me shen26mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette185183Ah zhe nick20fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette186184Po ka be60fIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette186184Mach e ta wah20mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette187185Cah ba ge zhick29mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette187185An e me ga21fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette188186Se be qua60fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette188186Ke cha se14fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette189187Ke che ne20mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette189187Kah ba yah16fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette190188Te no na40mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette190188Mary Ann40fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette191189Was zoo20fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette192190JohnGah ne que60mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette192190A char go no maGah ne que60fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette193191Cah ba o ma80mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette193191Cah ba no qua60fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette193191Ca ti ge go9mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette194192En e me ke wa50mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette194192Sha ne be qua50fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette194192On dah no quat10mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette194192Eliza1fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette195193She shebauainse80mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette195193Was no go qua80fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette195193Tah e se10mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette196194Pe en30mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette196194Ke sa qua29fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette196194Qush qua?6fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette196194Mary1 monthfIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette197195Ka ka me45mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette197195Me osh ke mo qua35fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette197195Sa ah12fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette197195John6mIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette197195Qua nice3fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette198196Pe na se60mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette198196Wa se ga qua50fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette198196Me se na no quot21mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette199197Bug e ge mon50mIndianMichiganFarmer
Pere Marquette199197She shuah40fIndianMichigan
Pere Marquette199197Mah no bah10mIndianMichigan
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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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