Free Colored Inhabitants of the Town of Salisbury, Rowan County, 1850.

by Lisa Y. Henderson

#374. Martha McCann, 23, in the household of Edmund Wade, stage driver.

#392. Rachel Valentine, 25, and Fanny Valentine, 27.

#394. Alpheus Seers, 20, laborer, in the household of George Vogler, gunsmith.

#404. Henry Porter, 22, in the household of Samuel Reeves, farmer.

#406. Sophia Rimer, 35, and daughter Elisabeth Rimer, 5.

#419. James Benson, 22, in the household of Ezekiel Segraves, brickmason.

#430. Amy Porter, 50.

#444. Betsy Freeman, 30, in the household of Archabald Baker, 37, clergyman.

#447. Samuel Holtshouser, 19, laborer, in the household of William Overman, carriage trimmer.

#461. Ann Valentine, 29, and Randal Twopence, 41, in the household of Samuel W. James, printer.

#462. Frank Doland, 8, in the household of Farby Ellis.

#476. Steven Steel, 25, waiter, in the household of William J. Polmer, stage contractor.

#481. William Jarett, 13, in the household of Lorenzo D. Beneni.

#487. James Smith, 30, carpenter; Sophia Smith, 24; and Wesley Smith, 26.

#489. Henry Mitchel, 22, mattress maker; Lucinda A. Smith, 18; and Sarah A. Valentine, 15.

#506. Evander Calvin, 28, housepainter, born in South Carolina; wife Maria Calvin, 26; and daughter Mary E. Calvin, 2; Eliza Canada, 48, Henry Canada, 19, painter, Solomon Canada, house painter, and Henderson Evans, 30, housepainter.

#529. James T. Kinder, 19; Sarah S. Kinder, 20; and John C.P. Kinder, 6 months.

#539. David Porter, 28; Peggy Porter, 24; and William Valentine, 38.

#540. Eliza Dustan, 25; Joseph Dustan, 4; Lenora Dustan, 2; Sally Mitchell, 70; James M. Mitchell, 23, housepainter; and Margaret Hickman, 6.

#543. Moses Hodgens, 80.

#544. Susanna Steel, 80, in the household of Archibald Henderson, farmer.

#554. Ishmael McDaniel, 70, in the household of David Watson.