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 Sauble5252Wah be no qua50mIndianMichiganFisherman
Little Sauble5252Tequa ne qua45fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble5252Betsy15fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble5353JamesBene qua21mIndianMichiganFisherman
Little Sauble5353SusanBene qua20fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble5454Joh a qua50mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble5454Mis a go qua40fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble5454Ellen11fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble5454Ane gee zick7fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble5454cue ohmIndianMichigan
Little Sauble5454Bamhart5mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble5454Nash e qua12mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble5555Ke bo a50mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble5959A sen na be ca30mIndianMichiganFisherman
Little Sauble5959Tab e tah27fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble5959Joseph11mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble5959Samuel9mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble6060Ab wa quom50mIndianMichiganFisherman
Little Sauble6060Won te ge zick22fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble6060Mish e no qua5fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble7474She be gosh90mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble7474Keso aoqua40fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble7474Shobah5mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble7474Sho be na15fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble7979GeorgeBlacksmith31mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble7979MargurtaBlacksmith20fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble7979GeorgeBlacksmith11mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble7979MaryBlacksmith5fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble7979JohnBlacksmith2mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8080JohnMonroe29mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble8080WilliamMonroe16mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble8181JohnThornwood20mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble8181RachielThornwood19fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8181ThomasThornwood2 monthsmIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8282FrankLuther25mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble8282EuniceLuther19fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8282JohnLuther3mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8383CleatDeam24mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble8383Wo ca ko foildDeam20fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8484JohnNeanoua45mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble8484Ne osNeanoua20mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble8484Ca ta shaNeanoua14mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8484On sa lieNeanoua12fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8484La cu taNeanoua10mIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8484Petsa CornetNeanoua8fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8484Te bun chinNeanoua6fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8585No te go quat90fIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble8686OsmanBaker40mIndianMichiganFarmer
Little Sauble8686MaryBaker35fIndianMichigan
Little Sauble8686Me tose quitBaker85fIndianMichigan
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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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