[or-roots] Douglas County 1895 census

[SAWYER Layne G]

Robyn,

Below is a link to the census records in the Oregon State Archives.  As you can see if you scroll down to 1895 there are only a few counties where these 1895 census survived.

http://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/aids-census_osa.aspx


There were also similar censuses done in 1865, 1875, 1885, and 1905 as indicated in the article.

The Oregon Historical County Records Guide would also have listings under the various Counties if there were any of these censuses in other repositories or still in the possession of the county.

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/local/county/inventories.html

Regards,

Layne Sawyer
List Mom
Manager of Reference Services
Oregon State Archives

From: or-roots [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Glen Jones
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 7:56 AM
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The State Archives or the Oregon Historical Society may have them yet.

Glen Jones


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From: "Robyn Greenlund" <rgreenlund61 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 12:00:46 AM
Subject: [or-roots] Douglas County 1895 census
Ran across this article in the The Plaindealer (Roseburg, OR), Feb 18, 1895 pg. 3 - Does anyone know if copies of this census still exist, and where they can be found?

Assessment Census for '95
Tax payers should begin taking an inventory and account of what property they possess liable to taxation. The assessor is required by law to assess each man with what he owns on the first day of March, and no matter if you sell your house and lot on the 2nd day of March, and the assessor does not assess you until the middle of June, you will have to pay taxes on that house and lot just as though you owned it in June. It is a physical impossibility for the assessor to call on every man in the county on the first day of March and hence you will save both yourself and the county official much time, if you will prepare a list of your property on the first of March and lay it away where you can place your hand on it when he does come. the legislature of 1864, then meeting in October, passes a law making it the duty of the assessor at the time of assessing his county in 1865 and every ten years thereafter to take an enumeration of the inhabitants and industrial products of his county. In this enumeration there are 27 columns to be filled out and Assessor Sterling estimates that it will take more time to make the census this year than to make the assessment. For example in each family, he must list the number of males over 21 years, number between 10 and 21 and number under 10, and the females between 10 and 18. He must get the number of bushels of wheat, oats, barley, corn and rye; tons of hay, pounds of wool, butter, cheese and the number of horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep and all productions. The census rolls are to be turned over to the county clerk when compiled and it is his duty to keep a copy and send original to secretary of state.

Robyn
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