1880 Tarrant County, Texas Manufacturing Census Records

1880 Tarrant County, Texas Manufacturing Census Schedule
Roll T1134-49
This is a census of manufacturers in Tarrant County. There are more details on these census such as how many employees in different age groups but the most important facts on this census are shown in the tables below.
**All surnames are bold and highlighted in yellow to make it easier to read. They are listed in the order found on the census. This census is not very large and is transcribed on two pages. The Manufacturing census of 1880 was taken throughout the state of Texas. This is only the Tarrant County portion.
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Flouring & Grist-Mills

**Enumeration District #203, north of Precinct No 1. Enumerated by J. R. Wilmoth**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
John H. WHEELER	$7000	8	236	200	None	West Fork of Trinity River	Turbine Soffell	40	30

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Barrels of Wheat Flour	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
1	1	30	4500	5000	5000	2500	350	7850	1000	270000	80000	8034

**Enumeration District 98. Enumerated by W. A. Turner**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
J. B. BOYD & Sons	$1600	6	$75.00	125	None	Walnut Creek / West Trinity	-------	-------	-------

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
1	1	10	500	600	270	35	200	835	16000	illegible	900

**Enumeration District #96, Precinct 4, Enumerated by J. F. Hovenkamp**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
R. BOAZ	5000	2	800	75	none	blank	-------	-------	-------

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Barrels of Wheat Flour	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
1	1	40	12500	12500	12500	1375	1750	23625	2500	60000	310000	28000

**Enumeration District #96, Precinct 4, Enumerated by J. F. Hovenkamp**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
H. C. FOSTER	3000	5	500	80	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Barrels of Wheat Flour	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
1	1	10	18000	18000	1000	500	900	19400	3600	54000	253000	25000

**Enumeration District #94, Enumerated by J. E. Murrey**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
George E. BUSHONG	2500	7	1500	200	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Barrels of Wheat Flour	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
1	1	40	15000	15000	5000	3500	800	19300	3000	270000	220000	20500

**Enumeration District #94, Enumerated by J. E. Murrey**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
Lainbry & George GIDDENS	3000	3	350	240	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Barrels of Wheat Flour	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
1	1	35	3000	3000	6000	4500	550	8250	600	307800	60400	9400

**Enumeration District #88, Fort Worth, Enumerator J. Q. St. Clair**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
ASHFORD & BUFFINGTON	$15000	25	$3000	800		West Fork of Trinity River	-----	-----	-----

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Barrels of Wheat Flour	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
2	1	80	60000	54000	1100	660	5000	54660	12000	59400	842200	$67000

**Enumeration District #99, Justice Precinct No 8, Enumerator Joseph F. Keebler**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
Wai???? SNYDER	$1600	2	????	150	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Barrels of Wheat Flour	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
2	1	40	20000	20000	4000	1600	790	22390	4000	216000	298000	$23904

**Enumeration District #99, Justice Precinct No 8, Enumerator Joseph F. Keebler**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
Samuel KELLS	$820	2	$72	75	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
1	1	10			3600	$1800	200	$2000	190520	12080	$2500

**Enumeration District #99, Justice Precinct No 8, Enumerator Joseph F. Keebler**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
J. D. HUDSON	$800	2	$75	75	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
1	1	10			3280	1690	190	1880	183650	1088	$2480

**Enumeration District #93, Election Prct No 7, Enumerator Wm. Capps**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
Geo. W. GAPLING ?	$2500	6	$300	75	-----	Branch of South Fork	-----	-----	-----

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
1	1	6	5000	5000	??	??	??	??	5760		$14000

**Enumeration District #93, Election Prct No 7, Enumerator Wm. Capps**
Name of Corporation, Company or Individual.	Capital (real and personal) invested in business.	Greatest Number employed at any one time during the year.	Total of Wages paid during the year.	Estimated capacity per day in bushels	Elevators	Body of Water used.	Wheels	Breadth in Feet	Horse power
SPROUSE & BLEADSOE	$3000	10	???	150	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----

Power used in Manufacture			Materials						Products
# of Boilers	# of Engines	Horse Power	Bushels of wheat	Value	Bushels of other grain	Value	Value of Mill Supplies	Total of all materials	Pounds of Corn Meal	Total Pounds of Food	Total Value of All Products
1	1	40	6200	???	???	???	???	???	???	???	$16000

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