For most subjects the age is expressed in years immediately after the sex entry. The age- when expressed in months is in the seldom used column immediately after age. CYOB or circa year of birth is not from the census. It has been added to this draft to assist AAFA researchers who may be working with this draft document. It was calculated by the computer by subtracting age from 1850 and is excluded for infants.
Color is shown after the circa year of birth.
It is assumed to be white unless otherwise specified. In 1850 the Federal Census began to collect much more information than in any previous census. Some of the data is in the information column set off by vertical lines. Nothing is known of this William Alford. Mary was not in the census index.