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Benton County Records Inventory
Census Records
1854-1870
Series documents the population, property, and agricultural production of the county. Records may include census rolls and abstracts, farm schedules, abstract of assessment and census, enumeration of inhabitants and industrial products, and enumeration of inhabitants and military enrollment. Information includes number of males and females per age category; head of household; name, age, and gender of household members; occupation and relationship of household members to head of household; and description and value of real and personal property. Information may also include nationality, physical description, birthplace, health, and religion of household members and agricultural production statistics.
Oregon State Archives:
Census Rolls and Abstracts, 1856-1858 (3 volumes).
Oregon Historical Society:
Mss. 1 [Enumeration of Inhabitants of Benton County],
1854 (.05 cu.ft.).
Related Web sites:
Federal Census Transcriptions [Benton
County-scroll],
1860 (US GenWeb
Project via censusfinder.com);
Federal Census Transcriptions [Benton
County-scroll],1870
(Maracon Productions via
censusfinder.com).
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