The 1850 Census for Haywood County is the first enumeration that listed every person in a each household and, separately, counted the enslaved population of each enslaver.  Additionally in 1850, enumerators detailed those individuals who died in the preceding year in a Mortality Schedule for each county.

Researchers must read the background information about this census to understand what was recorded.  Click here to view an introduction from FamilySearch.

Images are available in a variety of places on-line and in microfilm format.

FamilySearch images are available for viewing free, but you will require a free login to view them.  Haywood County is on Film #004206041, beginning with frame number 6 (physical page 0).  Click here to access the Haywood images.

You can search the index in the table below to find the page number where your surname of interest is located, then scroll to the applicable microfilm image.

Click the relevant links below to use the FamilySearch interfaces for locating any 1850 census record in the United States.  Use caution when searching because of spelling variations and county boundary changes!

• Primary Enumeration of Households (Population Schedule)
• Mortality Schedule (this index covers 1850-1880)
• Slave Schedule

The primary Population Schedule for the 1850 Census of Haywood County was indexed and is archived at the USGenWeb Census Project.  The table below contains the transcribed surnames and page numbers.  Note the page numbering information in bold, below.

HAYWOOD COUNTY, TN – CENSUS – 1850 Census Index

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This file is a surname index to the original, handwritten records on the census microfilm.

Page numbers are stamped in upper right corners of the microfilmed pages. Every other page is unnumbered. The “A” page is always the numbered page, and the “B” page is the unnumbered page following it on the film (it was the backside of the paper that was microfilmed).