Dear Laura,
Here is the promised information: 1850 Federal Census of Brown County Ill has Semitha Barlow listed next to Levi Gibson. Our microfilm copy of the census clearly has Barlow as the surname. However, a careless reading could cause the name to be read as Barton because the 'w' looks a little bit like and 'n'. However, the 'l' is definitely not crossed as it would be if it were a' t'. In our transcription of the 1850 census on the website, we wrote the name as Barlow. See:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbrown/1850_Census/Brown_County_1850_Census192.html#fam10
Subject: Re: Brown%20County%20(mp) Dear Laura
I have the censuses here and will look these up for you in the next couple days.
Census Takers were notorius for writing the wrong things down so it does not
surprise me that you have found errors. However, if we can be sure that you have
identified your family, I will change the census listing on my web site to
indicate the correct names for future researchers.
Thanks. I will be responding soon. [email protected] wrote:
HI
I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING MY GG AND G GRANDMOTHERS AND FATHERS.
THERE IS A DISCREPENCY IN THE CENSUS AND WHAT I HAVE. LEVI GIBSON JR. AND
HANAH BARLOW WERE MY GG GRAND PARENTS. IN THE CENSUS IT DOES NOT HAVE THESE
TWO TOGATHER AND INSTEAD OF BARLOW THEY HAVE BARTON . COULD YOU PUT ME IN
E-MAIL TOUCH WITH SOME ONE WHO I COULD CHECK OUT THIS INFO WITH AND EXCHANGE
WHAT I HAVE WITH THEM PLEASE. LAURA
From:Ken & Laurie Huffman
Date:Sat, 06 Jan 2001 08:10:11 -0800
To:[email protected]
Sincerely,
Ken Huffman