Is there a website showing the location of houses according to their numbers in the 1860 published by the Georgia Historical Society? Or where the districts are located in Savannah at that time? Does anyone know how the city was divided into districts back then? I'd appreciate any help.............. Maureen RootsWeb Sponsor Savannah Native In God We Trust God Bless America ____________________________________________ Email Scanned for Viruses by Norton Anti Virus 2003
Maureen, In 1860 the county of Chatham was divided into 8 militia districts. In 1870 Chatham County still had 8 militia districts, with the City of Savannah comprising districts 1-4. What the boundaries of the militia districts are I'm not sure, but by the 1900 census the militia districts were further divided into enumeration districts. So, if you were to locate all the enumeration districts in a given militia district you might be able to figure out the 1860 militia district boundaries using information from other years. As for the addresses, the 1860 census sheets for Savannah do not have streets written on them as in later years. The easiest way to discover an address (which would not correspond to modern Savannnah addresses) would be to look up the heads of households on a given census page in the city directory. Did my explanation help....or deepen the confusion? :-) Frank J. -----Original Message----- From: M McCarthy [mailto:jmm1682@attbi.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 3:40 PM To: GACHATHA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GACHATHAM] 1860 Census Is there a website showing the location of houses according to their numbers in the 1860 published by the Georgia Historical Society? Or where the districts are located in Savannah at that time? Does anyone know how the city was divided into districts back then? I'd appreciate any help.............. Maureen RootsWeb Sponsor Savannah Native In God We Trust God Bless America ____________________________________________ Email Scanned for Viruses by Norton Anti Virus 2003 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237