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1852 California census: probably Samuel Brown Thomas
A young miner from Texas in Mariposa County during the gold rush, who is probably Samuel Brown Thomas.
- Date
- 1852
- Place
- Mariposa County, California
- People
- Capt. Samuel Brown Thomas (1831–1911) (probably; see below)
- Type
- Census · Record
- Citation
- California state census, 1852, Mariposa County.
Fourth from the bottom is a miner, aged 21 and born in Texas. Only the end of his surname survives the torn edge of the page, so this is probably Samuel, but it isn’t certain. His obituary says he went to California “in the fifties to try his fortune in the hunt for gold”.