Anyone have an idea how much of that tripling of population from 1830 to 1840 was due to slave importation? Millie Cook wrote: > > >From the book "Historical Account of Meriwether County 1827 - 1974" compiled > by Regina P. Pinkston > "Meriwether County grew rapidly during the first ten years after it was > organized in 1828. U.S. census reports show an increase in population from > 4,422 in 1830 to 14,132 in 1840.