Census Analysis: Isaac Sauls (b. 1793) of Colleton County, South Carolina

No Sauls family shows up in the census for Colleton County prior to 1840.  However, given Isaac's age, he probably shows up in the census for a neighboring county in 1830, and possibly earlier.  Our focus, though, is Colleton County.

In 1850, Isaac (age 57) and Mary (age 54) are living in St. Bartholemew's Parish in a household with Charles (age 25), Caleb (age 24), David (age 23), Rebecca (age 22), Isaac (age 21), William (age 18), Mary Ann (age 13), and Nancy (age 13).  Isaac, Sr.,  and Charles are farmers, Caleb is an overseer, and David is a clerk.  Isaac, William, Mary Ann, and Nancy all attended school in the year preceding the census.  According to the 1850 slave schedule, Isaac, Sr., owned 18 slaves.

There is a head of house in the 1840 census for Colleton County by the name of Isaac Sauls.  I think it is likely to be the same Isaac Sauls for the following reasons:

1. Isaac would have been about 47 during the 1840 census, and this household includes one male in the 40-49 age range.  This seems likely to have been Isaac.
2. Mary would have been about 44 during the 1840 census, and this household includes one female in the 40-49 age range.  This seems likely to have been Mary.
3. Charles, Caleb, David, and Isaac would have been about 15, 14, 13, and 11, respectively, during the 1840 census.  This household includes 3 males ages 10-14.  It also includes one male ages 15-19.  These four teenagers are likely to have been Charles, Caleb, David, and Isaac.
4. Rebecca would have been about 12 during the 1840 census.  This household includes one female ages 5-9.  Ages are not always recorded completely accurately, so this girl could still be Rebecca.
5. William would have been about 8 during the 1840 census.  This household includes one male ages 5-9.  This seems likely to have been William.
6. Mary Ann and Nancy would have been 3 during the 1840 census.  This household includes two females under age 5.  This seems likely to have been Mary Ann and Nancy.

Three other males and an older female also lived in their household in 1840.  Perhaps we will discover their fates as we continue our researches.

In 1860, Isaac (now age 69) is living in St. Bartholomew's Parish with Alice (age 65).  Mary is not listed.  Since Mary and Alice would be the same age, they may be the same person.  Only Charles (age 35) remains of the previous inhabitants of the household.  Another Charles is listed in Isaac's household by the name Charles, Jr. (age 22).  However, I'm not sure that this isn't the missing Charles from John Sauls's household in in the previous blog post.  More information is needed to make this determination.

Isaac's son Caleb has his own household in Colleton County in the 1860 census, but the rest of Isaac's children are missing.  Either they moved, they died, or they got married.  It's probably a combination of these things.

In 1870, Isaac (now listed as age 82) lives in Warren with his son Isaac, who is back in Colleton County.

The elder Isaac does not appear in the 1880 census.  Considering he was born about 1793, that's understandable.