1850 US Census of the New York City Prison AKA The Tombs

1850 US Federal Census
NARA Microfilm Series: M432
Roll 538, Book 1
Sixth Ward

The "Tombs", Halls of Justice. By John Poppel.

Format: Page, name, age, gender, occupation, birthplace, comment

Page 141a - John FOLEY, 40, male, laborer, Ireland, vagrant
Page 144a - Bridget FOLEY, 50, female, none, unknown, vagrant
Page 147a - Ann FOLEY, 22, female, none, unknown, vagrant
Page 150a - John FOLEY, 37, male, laborer, unknown, grand larceny
Page 152b - Hugh FOLEY, 19, male, none, unknown, disorderly conduct

Map of the Five Points in the 1800s ¹

* The Five Points intersection.
1 The Old Brewery. It was torn down in 1852, and replaced by the Five Points Mission in 1853. The triangle across the street is Paradise Square.
2 St. Philips African Episcopal Church, destroyed in the riots of 1834.
3 African Society for Mutual Relief.
4 65 Mott St, location of the first NYC tenement in 1827.
5 Chatham Square. Used as a huge open air market up until 1820.
6 The Tombs prison, erected 1838.
7 Five Points House of Industry, built 1856.
8 The Bowery Theatre.
9 Cow Bay.
10 Mulberry Bend. It was considered one of the worst slums in NYC. The entire block was demolished in 1896 and turned into a park.
11 Bottle Alley, and (12) Bandit's Roost were two of the many alleyways inside the Mulberry Bend.
13 The Tea Water Pump was a natural spring fed well that supplied much of Manhattan with water up until the end of the 18th century. NYC would be without a reliable water supply until 1842 with the opening of the Croton Aqueduct.