Oregon census records, 1842-1880.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Oregon census records, 1842-1880.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35797796

Census records include photostat copy of Joseph Meek's Census of Oregon (1845); Elijah White's 1842 Oregon census; handscript census (1849) of males over the age of 21; typescript of Benton County census (1854); Washington County census (1856); Jackson County census rolls (ca. 1854-1855, 1858); typescript copy of United States Census roll for Coos County (1860); partial typescript of 1880 United States Census for Wasco County; typescript report of 1850 census for Butte and Calaveras Counties in California.

.5 cu. ft.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7375160

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Meek, Joseph Lafayette, 1810-1875

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65d8rd1 (person)

White, Elijah, 1806-1879

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6863m0z (person)

Dr. Elijah White, pioneer physician and sub-Indian agent, was born in 1806 in New York state. In 1836, White was appointed by the Methodist Church to serve as a doctor at Jason Lee's Willamette Mission. He served at the mission until 1841, when he disagreed with Lee regarding mission policy and resigned, returning east by ship. In 1842, he was commissioned sub-Indian agent of Oregon by the federal government. His responsibilities as Indian agent concerned primarily the Nez PerceĢ and Cayuse trib...