Black Surname in the Illinois Census, 1800-1930

1850 Richland Co., IL Census

Note: If any table cells below are blank, it means nothing was written there in the census

County	Dwelling#	Family#	Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Birthplace	Illiterate	Enumeration date	Page
Richland	1183	1188	Elijah Black	24	M	Farmer	OH	yes	10/13/1850	166
			Matilda	24	F		OH
			Harry	1/12	M		IL

1855 IL State Census

Work in progress

Hard to read, if ? means unclear

County	Town	Name	White Males											White Females											Total	Militia	Value of Live Stock	Notes
County	Town	Name	-10	10-20	20-30	30-40	40-50	50-60	60-70	70-80	80-90	90-100	over 100	-10	10-20	20-30	30-40	40-50	50-60	60-70	70-80	80-90	90-100	over 100	Total	Militia	Value of Live Stock	Notes
Champaign	Township 14	A Black			2									2				1							5	1	100
Christian	Township 14	A Black			2									2				1							5	1	100
Madison	Township 3	A Black	2				1			1				1						1					6		800	# of wool: 41?
Johnson	Township 13	Aaron Black	1		1								1		1										4	1	100
Union	None Given	Aaron Black	2		1								1		1				1						6	1	200	# of Wool: 5
Iroquoise	None Given	Alexander Black	1	2			1						1				1								see note	1	728?	looks like it says 65
Adams	Clayton	Amel? Black			1			1						1											4	1	720
Henderson	Township 9	Andrew Black			1								1		1										3	1	192	# of wool: 12
La Salle	Township 36	Andrew Black		1	2									1											4	2	40
Peoria	Akron	Andrew Black	2	1	1									3	2		1								10	2	1500
Vermilion	Vermilion	Ann Black		2										2					1						5	2	500	# of wool: 100
La Salle	Utica	Barbary Black		1														2							3
Schuyler	Buena Vista	Barnard Black		1		1							1	1		1									5	1	280
Lawrence	None Given	Benjamin Black					?						2		1										4	1	15?	This page is in bad condition
Vermilion	George town	B H Black			1								2		1										4	1	1540
Lawrence	None Given	C L Blacl	1		1										1										3	1	150	# of wool: 10
Bond	Township 5	C W Black	3	1	2		1						3			1									11	3	400	# of wool: 21
Bond	Township 7	C W Black	3	1	2		1						3			1									11	3	400	# of wool: 21
Cook	West Chicago	Chas Black	2			1								1			1								5
Morgan	None Given	Mrs. D. Black	1	1												1		1							4		410
Jasper	Township 5	D A Black		1		1			1				1			1		1							6	1	200	# of wool: 28
Macon	Township 4	Daniel Black			1			1					1			1									4	1	700	# wool: 10?
Cumberland	None Given	David Black	2			1							2	1	1										7	1	19	grist mill
Dekalb	Sycamore	David Black			1								1		1										3	1	30
Greene	Township 11	David Black	3	2	2			1					2	1	1	1									13	2	1500	38?
Jo Daviess	None Given	David Black			1
Mason	Township 21	David Black	1			1							2		1										5	1
Randolph	Township 5	Duncan Black	1	1					1	1															4	1	30
Marshall	None Given	E Black		1		1						1			Can only see the first 3 marks
Kendall	Kendall	E A Black				1							2												3	1	9500?
Warren	Township 9	E C Black			1																				1	1
Richland	Township 8	Elijah Black	2		1									1			1								5	1	125
Schuyler	Woodstock	Elizabeth Black	This page is unreadable
Macon	Township 4	Ellen Black		2										2?		2?									7	1	300	# wool: illegible
Rock Island	Township 18	Francis Black				1	faded, cannot read																		3	1	faded
Fulton	Lewistown	Franklin Black	2		1									2	1	1									7	1	375

















Vermilion	Vermilion	John Black	1		1							2	2			1									7	1	379	# of wool: 38
Vermilion	Vermilion	James Black			1				1				1	1											5	1	600?






Greene	Township 11	William Black		1	2		1						1		1		1								7	3	5620	5?

1870 Shelby Co., IL Census

* The birthplace of these children is Ohio, not Illinois. Submitted by: Eric Petty
County	Town	Page	Enumeration Date	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Born	In School	Read	Write
Shelby	Drypoint Twp	12	July 6 1870	Nance Joseph	18	M	W	IL		X
				Cochran Levi	35	M	W	OH
				Mrs.	36	F	W	MD
				Mary A.	14	F	W	MD	X
				Laura E.	12	F	W	IL	X
				Daniel E.	9	M	W	IL	X
				Marling T.W. (sp?)	25	M	W	IN
				Mrs.	18	F	W	IL
				John F.	2m	M	W	IL
				More Manon (sp?)	34	M	W	NC
				Mrs.	27	F	W	IL
				Samuel R.	7	M	W	IL	X
				William	2	M	W	IL
				Charlotte E.	1d	F	W	IL
				Black George	52	M	W	PA	X	X
				Mrs.	49	F	W	IL		X
				Nuchial	18	F	W	IL	X
				Orlando	20	M	W	IL*	X	X	X
				Mary	16	F	W	IL	X		X
				Sarah J.	17	F	W	IL*	X		X
				Nancy	15	F	W	IL*	X		X
				Mary Jane	13	F	W	IL	X		X
				George	13	M	W	IL	X	X	X
				Henrietta	8	F	W	IL	X
				Nance Benton	52	M	W	MD
				Mrs.	48	F	W	KY		X
				Benton	9	M	W	IL

1880 Richland Co., IL Census

County	Town	Name	Color	Sex	Age	Relation	Single	Married	Occupation	Born	Father Born	Mother Born	Dwelling/ Family #	Page
Richland	Madison	Henry Black	W	M	28			1	Farmer	IL	Scot	IN	21/22	2
		Margaret E.	W	F	31	wife		1	Housekeeper	KY	IN	IN
		Minnie E.	W	F	7	d.	1			IL	IN	KY
		John A.	W	M	5	s.	1			IL	IN	KY
Richland	Madison	Robt. Black	W	M	70				Farmer	Scot	Scot	Scot	70/72	8
		Sarah	W	F	63	wife			HK	IN	KY	SC
		Mary J.	W	F	37	d.				IN	Scot	SC
		James	W	M	34	s.			Farmer	IN	Scot
		Elizabeth	W	F	30	d.				IN	Scot
		Clara Covington	W	F	7	G.D.				IL	IL	IN
		Savina?	W	F	23	d.				IN	Scot