| Census Year | Number of Households | Total White Population | Total Slave Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1790 | 11 | 76 | 17 |
| 1800 | 23 | 108 | 28 |
| 1810 | 61 | 341 | 119 |
| 1820 | 117 | 754 | 526 |
| 1830 | 201 | 1182 | 717 |
| 1840 | 302 | 1780 | 1186 |
I started this project with the idea that a single web page with every person with Womack surname (or variations thereof) in the 1850 Census would be very useful in trying to grasp the family as a whole. I estimated there were about 1000 individuals with the Womack surname living in the United States in 1850. So far I have found over 2200.
I hope visitors to this page are able to learn something about their Womack ancestors. As always, verify all information yourself. If this is your first visit, please read the section below to help understand this data.
Where They Were in 1850: There were Womacks in every Southern state except South Carolina. In addition, there were several Womacks in Illinois and Indiana. There were smaller numbers of Womacks in Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, and other Northern and Western States. In 1850, the United States consisted of 31 states, four territories (Utah, New Mexico, Minnesota, and Oregon), and the District of Columbia. There were no Womacks in DC or the four territories. I found no Womacks in any of the New England states (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine). In addition, there were no Womacks in the following states: Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, South Carolina
The 1850 Census consisted of a form with several columns. I abstracted most of the columns, but not all.
In any column, you may see a question mark ?, which indicates I was unsure what the enumerator wrote.
For each household, I included the state, county (parish in Louisiana), township, microfilm roll number, page number, and household number. This should be sufficient to easily locate these people in the actual records.
I made heavy use of my subscriptions to Ancestry.com and Genealogy.com. Mostly, I used the census indexes as Ancestry.com, and looked at the images at Genealogy.com. Occasionally, an image was unreadable on one site or the other, so I compared the images on both sites.
Ancestry.com has both Soundex searches and wildcard searches. A wildcard is an asterisk used to represent zero to many possible letters. In general, I searched each state as follows:
This found most of the Womacks, but not all. I also looked at Womacks found by other researchers at WGN, particularly the list of indexes by Roger Womack and Sam Womack. The Ancestry.com indexes are based upon the Advanced Indexing Systems (AIS) Census Index books, which I know from experience are full of mistakes. The indexes at Ancestry.com are missing the entire county of Rankin, Mississippi, for example.
The Womack surname and its variations can easily be confused with other surname, including Warnock, Warnick, Winnick, Warman, Warmoth, Wilmoth, Warrick, Warwick. I some instances, I decided that persons indexed with these surnames were actually Womacks. In a few other instances, I saw that persons indexed as Womacks were actually some other surname - see They Were Not Really Womacks, Part II - Indexing Mistakes. When in doubt, I usually included the persons with a note as to the other interpretation of the name. See my Notes for names I skipped by state and county.
For those interested in the technical side, I entered this data into a Microsoft Excel 97 spreadsheet. I then wrote a simple C++ program (I am a computer programmer) to pull the data from the spreadsheet, sort it and do some simple processing, and write it to a XML format which I created. I then used an XSL stylesheet to transform the XML into an HTML file. I try to use pretty sparse HTML, preferring to put most of the presentation into a cascading style sheet (CSS).
Most African-American Womacks were slaves of white Womacks in 1850. There were a few free black Womacks, including a couple in Clark Co, IN, and a woman in Hampshire Co, VA.
The following records are incomplete, because I need to see the Slave Schedule Indexes for the following states: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. The actual census has the age, gender, and race (black or mulatto) of each slave, but not his or her name. I included just the total number of slaves owned by each slave owner. Page numbers are inconsistent on the slave schedules, so I usually have a couple different numbers, including the Genealogy.com image number.
| State, County, Township | Roll | Image # | Page # | Owner | # of Slaves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Independence, Ruddell Twp | 32 | 285 | 551 | John E Wamack | 2 |
| AR Washington, Mars Hill Twp | 32 | 658 | 607 | Mary A Womac | 3 |
| FL Gadsden, 7 Dist | 60 | 121 | 235 | Elizabeth Womack | 8 |
| FL Gadsden, 7 Dist | 60 | 126 | 245 | Benjamin Womack | 1 |
| FL Gadsden, 7 Dist | 60 | 137 | 267 | Henry Womack | 3 |
| FL Gadsden, 7 Dist | 60 | 138 | 269 | John Womack | 2 |
| GA Monroe, 60 Dist | 93 | 53 | 375 | Lucy Wamack | 6 |
| KY Greenup, 2 Dist | 225 | 113 | 238 | Archer Womack | 11 |
| KY Greenup, 2 Dist | 225 | 115 | 242 | Charles Womack | 20 |
| KY Greenup, 1 Dist | 225 | 119 | 250 | A L Womack | 3 |
| KY Hopkins, 2 Dist | 225 | 363 | 721 | Oliver C Womock | 1 |
| KY Jefferson, 1 Dist | 225 | 453 | 896 | John Womack | 13 |
| KY Jefferson, 1 Dist | 225 | 468 | 925 | Saml R Womack | 6 |
| LA DeSoto, Western Dist | 243 | 245 | 475 | H H Warmack | 4 |
| LA Livingston, no township listed | 244 | 328 | 631 | Henry Wamack | 24 |
| LA St Helena, Eastern Dist | 296 | 94 | 185 | Jacob Womack | 5 |
| LA St Helena, Eastern Dist | 296 | 97 | 191 | Celia Womack | 13 |
| LA St Helena, Eastern Dist | 296 | 100 | 197 | Abraham Womack | 25 |
| LA St Helena, Eastern Dist | 296 | 100 | 197 | A Womack Jr | 6 |
| LA St Helena, Eastern Dist | 296 | 103 | 203 | Abraham Womack | 17 |
| LA St Helena, Eastern Dist | 296 | 106 | 209 | P Womack | 3 |
| LA St Helena, Eastern Dist | 296 | 107 | 211 | G W Womack | 39 |
| LA St Helena, Eastern Dist | 296 | 107 | 211 | Permelia Womack | 16 |
| MO Lincoln, 49 Dist | 423 | 269 | 507 | Hiram Wommack | 5 |
| MO Lincoln, 49 Dist | 423 | 274 | 517 | Richard Wommack | 4 |
| MO Pike, Calumet Twp | 424 | 85 | 147 | Charles A J Womack | 1 |
| MO Taney, Prarie Twp | 424 | 407 | 770 | J Wamack | 3 |
| MS Choctaw, 23 Subdivision | 383 | 523 | 1028 | M S Wommack | 4 |
| MS DeSoto, Northern Div | 384 | 272 | 541 | J M? Wamack | 1 |
| MS DeSoto, Southern Div | 384 | 347 | 687 | W P Womack | 3 |
| MS Neshoba, no township listed | 387 | 356 | 713 | Wm Wammac | 1 |
| MS Rankin, no township listed | 388 | 345 | 671 | Jane Wamack | 8 |
| MS Rankin, no township listed | 388 | 348 | 677 | Richmond Wamack | 1 |
| MS Rankin, no township listed | 388 | 349 | 679 | William Wamack | 1 |
| MS Rankin, no township listed | 388 | 349 | 679 | David Wamack | 2 |
| MS Rankin, no township listed | 388 | 360 | 701 | A J Warmack | 2 |
| MS Simpson, no township listed | 388 | 398 | 776 | David Womack | 4 |
| MS Simpson, no township listed | 388 | 398 | 776 | Richard Womack | 1 |
| MS Simpson, no township listed | 388 | 406 | 791 | David Womack | 6 |
| MS Yalobusha, North of Yalobusha River | 390 | 82 | 163 | A M Wamack | 1 |
The Mortality Census was suppossed to list every person who died in the year previous to the census. It falls far short of that, probably because of laxy enumerators and people not wanting to talk about relatives who died recently. I have not seen the actual Mortality Census records, just the indexes at Ancestry.com.
| Last | First | County | State | Age | G | Month | Birthplace | Cause | Occ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warmick | Nancy Jane | Jackson | AR | 10 | F | Mar | IL | unknown | none listed |
| Womack | John S | Gadsden | FL | 20 | M | May | GA | accident | farmer |
| Wammack | Sophronia | Jasper | GA | 1 | F | May | GA | unknown | none listed |
| Wamack | Mary | Monroe | GA | 1 | F | Aug | GA | unknown | none listed |
| Warmack | A J | McDonough | IL | 1m | M | Jul | IL | erysipelas | none listed |
| Warmack | Oliver | McDonough | IL | 7 | M | Jan | IL | fever | none listed |
| Wormack | Mat Neg Slave | Trigg | KY | 50 | M | Nov | VA | pneumonia | none listed |
| Womack | Mary | E Baton Rouge | LA | 9 | F | Jun | NY | cholera | none listed |
| Wormack | A | St Charles | LA | 3 | M | Mar | LA | worms | none listed |
| Wormack | E | St Charles | LA | 66 | F | Jan | VA | cholic | none listed |
| Womack | Perneliae | St Charles | LA | 30 | F | Jan | not given | pleurisy | none listed |
| Womack | Catherine | Chickasaw | MS | 60 | F | May | NC | typhoid | none listed |
| Wamac | Rebecca | DeSoto | MS | 5m | F | Aug | MS | croup | none listed |
| Wommac | Eleanor | Marshall | MS | 6m | F | Sep | MS | diarrhea | none listed |
| Womack | Wesley | Itawamba | MS | 11 | M | Apr | AL | unknown | none listed |
| Womack | Washington | Williamson | TN | 4mo | M | Oct | TN | bowels infl | none listed |
| Womack | A | Harrison | TX | 55 | F | not given | NC | poisoned | none listed |
| Womack | M | Harrison | TX | 19 | F | Aug | NC | scufulu | none listed |
| Wamack | Nancy | Bedford | VA | 72 | F | Oct | VA | pneumonia | none listed |
| Womack | Catharine | Pittsylvania | VA | 33 | F | Aug | VA | consumption | none listed |
| Womack | William | Pittsylvania | VA | 50 | M | Nov | VA | lungabscess | farmer |
| Wemick | Henry | Waukesha | WI | 22 | M | May | Germany | fever | laborer |
Census enumerators made a lot of mistakes, either when they were making their rounds, or when they copied the census. There were three copies of the 1850 Census made by hand - see this article.
Sometimes the enumerator confused Womack with a similar name. Sometimes a Womack man married a widow, and her children by her previous marriage were accidentily listed as Womacks. Here are some enumerator mistakes:
Occasionally, the people who indexed the census mistook a name for Womack:
I'll start this list with the ones I know were missed in 1850. If you have any others, write me at robertburke@juno.com.
These are some notes I made as I did this project. Most of the notes pertain to names I skipped after determiming they were not Womacks. I looked at the actual census for most of these names, except where otherwise indicated.
States with none New England - CT, RI, VT, NH, MA, ME Atlantic - DC, DE, SC, NJ, MD West - NM, UT, OR MN Nationwide Did not look at: Warman/Worman Warmoth/Wormoth/Warmouth Alabama statewide - skip Warnock/Warnack Blount - skip Warmack (actually Warnock) Tallapoosa - skip Wormick (actually Wornick) Fayette - skip Wanuk Arkansas Ouachita - skip Warnick California Sacramento Co - skip James Warnack, David Warnock, W B Warnock Connecticut Hartford - skip Wannock New Haven - skip Warmike/Warneke Delaware Sussex Co - skip Sarah E Winigh DC skip William Z. Warnick skip John Womax (actually Lomax) Florida Georgia AIS index says D Womack on p.309 of Richmond Co - actually on p.309 of Upson Co statewide - did not look at Warnick/Wornick, Warnock/Warnack Burke - skip Wermock (actually Warnock) Early - skip Wanock Illinois statewide - did not look at Warnick/Wornick, Warnock/Warnack/Warneck Cook - skip Woonock Rock Island - skip Warnnick White - skip Wrenwick Christian - skip Wanock St Clair - skip Wemige Saline - skip Winnick Monroe - skip Waenic Indiana statewide - did not look at Warnock, Warnick Madison - skip Waynice Parke - skip Waynick Fountain - skip Wanick Hamilton - skip Wanaka Cass - skip Weinick Iowa Lucas - skip Waynick Monroe - skip Waynick Lee - skip Warnick Mahaska - skip Warnock Kentucky statewide - did not look at Warnick/Warrnick Jefferson - skip Warmick (actually Warnick) Fayette - skip Warnock Greenup - Warnock family living in county along with Womack family, somewhat difficult to tell apart Louisiana Orleans - skip Weymough (actually Weymouth) Maine Washington - skip Clarinda Wormick (actually Wormell) Maryland Cecil - skip Wanwick Allegany - skip Warneck/Warnek (did not look at these), Ashford Warmuck (looks like Warnick to me) Baltimore - skip Warnick/Wornick (did not look at these) Hartfoed - sip Warnock Massachusetts Middlesex - skip Winnick/Wimicke/Winneck (Wimecke a misreading of Winneck) Bristol - skip Warnick Suffolk - skip Warneck/Warnesk/Warnick (Warnesk a misreading of Warneck) Michigan Kent - skip Wanek Allegan - skip Warenk Ottowa - skip Warrink Washtenaw - skip Wrenwick Mississipi Copiah - skip Warnock/Warnock Hinds - skip Warnock Warren - skip Warnock Missouri statewide - did not look at Warnock, Warnick/Warneck Warren - skip Wamire New Hampshire Hillsborough - skip Winnick New Jersey Bergen - skip Woonaugh Burlington - skip Warnock Mercer - skip Warmaker Monmouth - skip Wanicker Passaic - skip Warnick New York all of state - did not look at any Warnick, Warnich, Warnock Niagra - skip Wynock (looks like Wyncook to me) Wayne - skip Wynick, Wanok Jeffeson - skip Wimocks Kings - skip Jane Warmock (misreading, should be Warnock) North Carolina Chatham - very hard to read Rockingham - skip Waineck Guilford - skip Wanoch Anson - skip Waynick Alamance - skip Wanock Ohio Preble - skip Wanick Guernsey - skip Wanick, Warnick Fairfield - skip Wameca Lawrence - skip Winnick Defiance - skip Winnich Darke - skip Winwick Adams - skip Warnick Belmont - skip Warnock Butler - skip Warnic/Warnick Franklin - skip Warnock Hamilton - skip Wernich, Warnock Knox - skip Wernick Lawrence - skip Warmeka (probably a misreading of Warneke) Logan - skip Warnick Lorain - skip Warnick Medina - skip Warnock Putnam - skip Warnik Ross - skip Wornick, Warnick, Warnoch/Warnock Scioto - skip Warnock Pennsylvania statewide - did not look at Wenich, Wanich, Wennick, Wanick, Winnick, Weinock, Winick, Warnoch, Warnick, Warnock, Warnecke, Warneck, Warnic, Warnack Allegheny - skip Wannock (probably a misreading of Warnock), skip Wimmick (could not find), skip Warmock (misreading of Warnock), skip Warmick (should be Warnick) Lawrence - skip Wonek Union - skip Wonick Clarion - skip Wormick (should be Wornick) Philadelphia - skip Warnsic, Warmick (should be Warnick) South Carolina Newberry - skip Samuel Warnock Lexington - skip Mary Waramaker Charleston - skip all Warnock/Warnick, also Warnker/Warmiker Beaufort - skip all Warnock Barnwell - skip all Warnick Anderson - skip all Warnick/Warnock Abbeville - skip all Warnock (could not find James M Warnock) Orangeburgh - skip Wannamaker Tennessee Davidson - skip Wome Benton - skip Warnick Coffee - skip Warnock Grundy - skip Warnmaker/Warnemaker Henry - skip Warnick Shelby - skip Warnick Weakley - skip Wamran Wilson - skip Women (misreading of Warren) Bradley - skip Wynick Carroll - skip Winnick Dickson - skip Winnick/Winnicks Texas Goliad - skip Warnic Austin - skip Wemmohs Fayette - skip Woonaca Montgomery - skip Wanaca Virginia Wirt - skip Warnic Hampshire - skip Warneck Carroll - skip Wornick Wisconsin Dane Co - skip J Warnock Rock Co - skip James Warnock Washington Co - skip Henry Warnek (actually Warnaker) Jefferson Co - skip Jane Winic Waukesha Co - skip John Wenwick Slave Schedules MD Kent, 3 Dist, p.331 - Wormack, Jepey - actually Jessey Woodall - see MD Kent, 3 Dist, p.300B in pop. schedule MD Kent, 3 Dist, p.333 - Wormack, Thomas - looks like Thos Woodall to me