I have compiles a list of the top 28 planters in Jackson Co. based on amount of livestock, bushels of corn, and at least 50 bales of cotton. The value of livestock is listed as Dollars. The bales of cotton are weighed at 400 pounds a bale. Corn is listed as bushels. I have also put the planters name, age, native state, and acres owned in 1850. Not in alphabetical order. PLANTER AGE NATIVE ST. ACRES LIVESTOCK CORN COTTON Robert Young 44 SC 800 1250 2000 100 Benjamin Wynns 60 Bermuda 1720 2500 4000 90 Isaac Widgeon 40 VA 350 2500 2500 60 Thomas White 39 NC 400 2000 4000 130 Amos Snell 46 GA 800 1300 1500 50 S. W. Smith 34 NC 740 1400 1900 75 Joseph W. Russ 46 NC 420 1600 3000 54 John G. Russ 43 NC 540 1500 1500 94 John Roulhal 52 NC 1840 5482 7000 170 Mary Roberts 54 NC 2480 2200 2000 75 William Nickels 50 ME 880 1200 2000 70 John Milton 43 GA 2160 3000 6000 160 William Hall 38 NC 400 13500 1500 50 Francis Ely 38 NC 536 2700 3000 55 Jesse Coe 68 MD 3233 2000 3000 250 Thomas M. Bush 59 GA 5674 4000 4500 165 Elijah Bryan 55 GA 2500 2600 3600 60 Edward Bellamy 49 SC 1100 1600 2690 100 Simmons Baker SR. 75 NC 2242 2000 5000 200 James Baker 51 NC 960 1900 2600 100 The following are missing age and native state. Cary Whitaker 1300 2500 50 John Waddell 640 1400 2000 125 Hugh Spears 1500 1000 2000 57 Russ Estate 480 1400 1500 82 Joseph T. Russ 400 1700 2000 90 George Gray 1600 3000 102 J. H. Brett 1000 2000 75 Simmons Baker JR 1277 1600 2000 95 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.