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The 1880 United States Census

Howcotts Found

Notes on households

Missing Howcotts

This was the second census of the United States that aimed to include the names of everyone living in the country at the time. It did not fully achieve that aim. The census was begun on 1 June 1880 and supposed to include all who were alive at that date. However, 30 days were allowed to complete the task (two weeks in communities with 10,000 inhabitants or more), so there was time for mobile individuals to be recorded at two different places or not at all. Many of the people to be counted could not read or write, increasing the chances that their names would be spelled in an unusual way, that some household members would not appear and that details such as the correct surname for each individual could be confused.

The lists below aim to cover everyone living in the USA in 1880 whose surname was usually spelled "Howcott" or "Howcutt", whether or not they have yet been located in the census.

Howcotts found in the 1880 census

Christian name	Full name as recorded in census	Age	Race	Place	County & State	Householder
Adeline	Howcott Adaline	45	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	Miles Howcott
Aggie	Howcott Aggie	25	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	Jordan Norman
Albert	Howcott Albert	8	W	Plymouth	Washington NC	Martha Downing
Annie	Howcott Annie	4	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	William Howcott
Benjamin	Howcott Ben	30	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	Benjamin Howcott
Betsy	Howcott Betsy	25	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	Airy Picot
Carrie V	Howcott Carrie V	28	W	Canton	Madison MS	Jn C Howcott
Catherine	Howcott Catherine	22	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	William Howcott
Charles E	Howcott Charles E	8	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	John C Howcott
Daniel	Howcott Danl	11 m	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	John C Howcott
Edward	Howcott Edward	5	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	John Howcott
Ellen	Howcott Ellen	29	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	John C Howcott
Ellen	Howcott Ellen	23	W	New Orleans	Orleans LA	Harriet Watt
Eugenia	Howcott Eugenia	6 m	W	Canton	Madison MS	Jn C Howcott
Frank	Kirby Frank	11	W	New Orleans	Orleans LA	Joseph Kirby
Frank Lieth	Howcott Frank	11 m	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	William Howcott
Harley Alexander Watt	Howcott Harley	2	W	New Orleans	Orleans LA	Harriet Watt
Harriet or Henrietta	Kirby Herritt	33	W	New Orleans	Orleans LA	Joseph Kirby
Harriet	Howcott Hariet	24	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	John Howcott
Harriet	Howcott Haritt	1	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	John Howcott
Henry	Houcott Henry	18	B	Hamilton township	Martin NC	Jacob Heath
Henry	Howcott Henry	6	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	John C Howcott
Herbert or Hubert	Howcott Hubert	20	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	Harry Cooper
Horatio	Kirby Harry	11	W	New Orleans	Orleans LA	Joseph Kirby
John Calhoun	Howcott Jn C	36	W	Canton	Madison MS	Jn C Howcott
John C	Howcott John C	30	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	John C Howcott
John Calhoun	Howcott John C	3	W	Canton	Madison MS	Jn C Howcott
John	Howcott John	25	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	John Howcott
John	Howcott Jno	23	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	Jno Howcott
John Henry	Howcott John	5 m	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	Benjamin Howcott
Joseph	Kirby Joseph	48	W	New Orleans	Orleans LA	Joseph Kirby
Joseph	Kirby Joseph	13	W	New Orleans	Orleans LA	Joseph Kirby
Josephine	Howcut Mrs John	38	W	195 Franklin, Buffalo	Erie NY	Hyrom Barton
Leah H	Howcott Leah H	39	W	Plymouth	Washington NC	Martha Downing
Lizzie	Houcott Lizzie	12	B	Hamilton township	Martin NC	Jacob Heath
Louise	Howcott Louise	6 m	W	New Orleans	Orleans LA	Harriet Watt
Martha	Howcott Martha	26	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	Benjamin Howcott
Mary	Howcott Mary	49	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	James Smith
Mary J	Howcott Mary J	18	MU?	Plymouth	Washington NC	Jno Howcott
Maud	Howcutt Maud	10	W	195 Franklin, Buffalo	Erie NY	Hyrom Barton
Miles	Howcott Miles	50	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	Miles Howcott
Miles F	Howcott Miles F	3	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	John C Howcott
Patti L	Howcott Patti	18	W	Plymouth	Washington NC	Martha Downing
Percy	Howcott Percy	11	W	Plymouth	Washington NC	Martha Downing
Polly	Howcott Polly	15	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	Jordan Norman
Sarah	Hocut Sarah	80	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	Alex Fagan
William	Howcott William	2	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	William Howcott
William Henry	Howcott William	25	B	Plymouth	Washington NC	William Howcott
William Hill	Howcott Willi	30	W	New Orleans	Orleans LA	Harriet Watt

Abbreviations

B = Black   MU = Mulatto  W = White   

LA = Louisiana   MS = Mississippi   NC = North Carolina   NY = New York   

m = months

Notes on households not headed by a Howcott

Hyrom Barton - was the father of Josephine, wife of John Howcutt.

Harry Cooper - Hubert Howcott was one of four boarders at Harry Cooper's home.

Martha Downing - Leah H Howcott was the widow of Charles H Howcott and was living with her sister Martha.

Alex Fagan - was married to Sarah (aged 41), who was Sarah Howcott's daughter.

Jacob Heath - husband of Esther (aged 35) and step father of Henry & Lizzie Houcott.

Joseph Kirby - Joseph Howcott and Hattie Kerby married at St Patrick, New Orleans on 2 March 1865. It is clear from later census and other records that they and their children generally used the Howcott surname, although they were recorded as "Kirby" in the 1880 census. 

Jordan Norman - married Axie, widow of William Howcott, in on 17 December 1878. Aggie and Polly were Jordan's stepdaughters.

Airy Picot - Betsy Howcott (aged 25) was recorded as the daughter of Airy Picot (aged 80). This seems unlikely to be the case if their recorded ages are both accurate.

Harriet Watt - was the mother-in-law of William Hill Howcott. 

Howcotts who should appear but not found in the 1880 census

Alice Howcott - aged 20 when she married Thomas Haughton at Plymouth on 27 July 1882

Elizabeth Howcott - aged 25 when she married Edward W Jones at residence of Mary Howcott at Plymouth on 26 May 1881. The marriage licence was granted on the same day and described her as daughter of William Howcott and Elizabeth Howcott (both then deceased, resident of Washington county NC).

John Howcutt - husband of Josephine, was probably living at Colorado at the time of the census.

Mary Edith - Mary Edith Watt (1854-1893) married William Hill Howcott at New Orleans on 14 December 1875 but was not included with him and their children at her mother's house in the 1880 census.

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