1860 Census of Shelby County
This web site is alphabetized by Heads of Household. 
Location Codes:  1st two digits: Beat Number
  1- Shelbyville Post Office -   07/12/1860  2 - Shelbyville Post Office 07/05/1860
  3- Hamilton Post Office -      08/02/1860  4 - Shelbyville Post Office 08/04/1860
  5- Shelbyville Post Office -   08/12/1860  6 - Shelbyville Post Office 08/18/1860
  6- Graham's Mill Post Office - 08/17/1860  7 - Buena Vista Post Office 07/21/1860
  8- Buena Vista Post Office -   07/24/1860  9 - Truitt's Store 07/16/1860
 10- Truitt's Store -            06/26/1860  11 - Clay's Mound 07/28/1860
 11- Buena Vista - 07/28/1860 
  2nd two digits: Number of house in order of visitation
  3rd two digits:  Number of family in order of visitation 
Location   Names......… 	Age Sex Occupation  Birthplace Real Estate Personal Estate
10-161-161 DORMAN, J. B.  	38   M  Overseer    GA  	   1,800 (John Blanton)
                   E. J. 	23   F              LA 	(Elizabeth Jane Morris)	
                   M. J. 	6    F              TX 	(Melissa Jane, b. 2/8/1854, d. 5/26/1931)	
                   E. C. 	4    F              TX  (Emily Caroline)		
                   A. K. 	2    M              TX  (Alfred Kyle)		
	          (all living with Elijah Morris) 						

Note: the M.J. in this census would have been 26 for the 1880 census  
      and Emily would have been 22
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1870 Census - Shelby County Texas
This web site is alphabetized by Heads of Household beginning with 
the LETTER D. For PERSONS NOT head of households CLICK HERE for the
alphabetized listing. 
Code definition:  xx-first two digits- Precinct Number.
                                     01- Post Office-Center
                                     02- Post Office-Shelbyville
                                     03- Post Office-Hamilton
                                     04- Post Office-Brooklin
                                     05- Post Office-Buena Vista
                          xxx-next three digits-  Residence number of visitation.
                          xxx-next three digits-  Families of visitation.
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---CODES--- Name---            AGE    SEX    COLOR OCCUPATION VALU PROP VALU PERS B/P
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04-103-103 Dorman, John B.     48      M       W   Farmer       1,000      654     GA
  "                Elizabeth   28      F       W   Keeps House                     TX
  "                Emely       11      F       W   At Home  (Emily Caroline)       TX
  "                Alfred K.   13      M       W    "       (Alfred Kyle)          TX
  "                Willie Ann  10      F       W    "                              TX
  "                Missouri A.  7      F       W   ( Missouri Alice)               TX
  "                John T.      3      M       W   (John Tandy)                    TX
  "                Sanford M   7/12    M       W                                   TX

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         John Blanton Dorman died in 1879
         the year prior to the 1880 census
1880 Census - Shelby County Texas

This web site is alphabetized by Heads of Household 
Code definition:  xx-first two digits- Enumeration Number.      BP - Birthplace
        87- Precinct 1 - Y.W. Rogers, Census Taker      FBP - Father Birthplace
        88- Precinct 2 - Joseph Poacher, Census Taker   MBP - Mother Birthplace
        89- Precinct 3 - George W. Monroe, Census Taker
        90- Precinct 4 - P. N. Bentley, Census Taker
        91- Precinct 5 - Z. Booth, Census Taker
        92- Precinct 7 - G.W. Weaver, Census Taker
        93- Precinct ? - Y.W. Rogers, Census Taker
     xxx-next three digits-  Residence number of visitation.
                           
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--CODES-- NAME------------- 	AGE SEX RACE OCC/RELATIONSHIP BP FBP MBP
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
90-171 Dorman, Elizabeth     44   F 	W   Farmer-Widow    Tx  Al Al
            "  Alfred K.     22   M         Son            "  Ga Tx (Alfred Kyle b 1856)
            "  Missouri A    17   F         Daughter       "   "  " (Missouri Alice)
            "  John T.       12   M         Son            "   "  " (John Tandy b 1866)
            "  William W.    10   M          "             "   "  "
            "  Lenora         3   F         Daughter       "   "  "
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 Note: In my notes, dictated to me by my mother and father, I have
the names of John B. and Elizabeth Dorman's children as:

I have an update today, 7 Nov. 2003:

Melissa Jane Dorman b. 1854 (W.A. (Bud) Whiddon)
Emily Caroline Dorman b. 1856 (W.A. Walker)(my paternal grandmother)
Alfred Kyle Dorman b. 1857 (Mattie Sorrell)(my father, Alvy Kyle Walker was named after him)
Willie Ann Dorman b. 1860 (Tom Sholar)
John Tandy Dorman b. 1866 (Mary Mae Pickard)
Samford M. Dorman b. 1870
Dola Dorman b. 1887 (never married-slightly retarded)
Alice Dorman (Sholar) (Dave Sholar)
Pathinea Dorman (Died young)
William Watt Dorman (Never married-died young)

I have dificulty in matching some of the children's names with those
in the three censuses above.
 1. My information has been that Melissa was born in 1863, but
    according to the 1860 census, M.J. was 6, which means that
    she was probably born in 1853 (not 1863). While pondering
    her birthdate, I looked through my documents and saw where
    I had written her birth and death dates directly from her
    headstone. It read: b. 10 Sep 1854 and d. 26 may 1931. This
    leaves a big question about the 1880 census that lists her
    and with and age of 17. In 1880 she was probably already
    married and if so whose name should have been there instead
    of hers?  
 
Any clarifying information that would clear up these discrepancies
would be most welcome.