1890 Civil War Veterans and Widows Census
Transcribed from National Archives Microfilm # 123, Roll 68
Compiled by Kristy Stevens
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Most of the 1890 Federal census records were badly damaged by a fire in the U. S. Commerce Department Building in January 1921. However, special schedules of the 1890 census enumerated Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
An act of March 1, 1889, provided that the Superintendent of Census, in taking the Eleventh Census, should have “cause to be taken on a special schedule of inquiry, according to such form as he may prescribe, the names, organizations, and length of service of those who had served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and who are survivors at the time of the said inquiry, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines.” Each county in Ohio documented an 1890 Special Schedule.
Each schedule calls for the following information: name of the veteran (or, if he did not survive, the names of both the widow and her deceased husband); the veteran’s rank; company; regiment or vessel; date of enlistment; date of discharge; length of service in years, months, and days; post office and address of each person listed; disability incurred by the veteran; and remarks.
The 1890 census can be found on microfilm in the order below. The city or township for each district and its enumerator was listed on the first page of that district ONLY. Most districts were not page numbered. There were a couple of districts that were correctly page numbered and a few more that had numbers on them but were out of order or missing page numbers.
Therefore, the pages were numbered, starting over at 1, for each district. The line numbers correspond with the line numbers on that page. Example: Aid twp has pages numbered 1-6, followed by Decatur twp with pages numbered 1-5, etc.
E. D. abb. twp. or city Enumerated by # of pages
122 Aid Aid twp. C. W. Davisson 6
123 Dec. Decatur twp. John W. Campbell 5
124 Eli. Elizabeth twp. Joseph W. Smiley 6
125 Eli. 2 Elizabeth twp. 2 Stephen D. Amos 5
126 Bur. Burlington Josephus S. Davidson 5
127 Fay. Fayette twp. Martin Moose 6
128 Ham. Hamilton twp.+
??? Han. Hanging Rock Henry B. Miller 4
129 Law. Lawrence twp. Greenberry Willis 10
130 Mas. Mason twp. J. W. McConnell 8
131 Perry Perry twp. Chas. H. Winters 11
132 LaB LaBelle William R. Rose 4
133 Rome Rome twp. Alfred T. Swartwood 8
134 Sym. Symmes twp. W. T. Stewart 5
135 Pro Proctorville Elijah F. Gillen 4
136 Union Union twp. John C. Kite 9
137 Up. 1 Upper twp. 1 Wm. C. Washburn 2
137 Up. 2 Upper twp. 2 Allen D. Bruce 4
137 Up. 3 Upper twp. 3 Wm. C. Washburn 2
138 Up. 4 Upper twp. 4 Allen D. Bruce 4
139 Iro 1 Ironton 1st Ward Peter Rogers 2
140 Iro 2 Ironton 2nd Ward David J. Davis 7
141 Iro 3 Ironton 3rd Ward Belden V. Hicks 6
142 Iro 4 Ironton 4th Ward Spencer A. Winston 8
143 Iro 5 Ironton 5th Ward James H. Haynes 8
144 Iro 6 Ironton 6th Ward James Penn 6
145 Wash Washington twp. D. R. Edwards 3
146 Win Windsor twp. T. H. Burton 10
The data does not include the veteran’s post office box or address. It is, however, listed on the microfilm. If there is an asterisk ( * ) following the person’s first name, that person has more than one entry. The following abbreviations have been used in the descriptions of disabilities, although the words may have been spelled several different ways on the microfilm:
gs = gunshot rt. = right lf. = left rheu. = rheumatism
ch. = chronic diar. = diarrhea dis. = disease inj. = injury or injured
Nathan,
You can find the 1890 census on ancestry.com for Symmes Township in Lawrence County, Ohio, at the following link.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8667/images/OHM123_68-0400?ssrc=&backlabel=Return
If you don’t have access to ancestry.com, most local libraries has free access.
Martha
Where is the microfilm where I can look at these? I am looking for the Symmes Township one, thank you.