Helpful info for all of us... Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Crilley <crilley@eramp.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 Subject:Agricultural Schedules of the Federal Census: 1850 to 1880. : Another wonderful helpful note from Mr. William Mills - Houston County : genealogist and author of lots of books. : : : >Resent-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 20:26:05 -0700 (PDT) : >X-Original-Sender: wm-mills@juno.com Mon Apr 24 20:26:03 2000 : > : >Houston County Researchers: : > : >Are you getting tired of only finding names and dates in your : >genealogical research? Well, do something about it. Go down to the : >farm! Actually, I'm referring to viewing the Agricultural Schedules of : >the Federal Census years of 1850, 1860, 1870 & 1880. : > : >The following types of Federal Census Schedules were taken in various : >years: : > : >1. Population Schedules: Residents in an area. : > : >2. Mortality Schedules: Those who died during the 12 months prior to the : >Census. : > : >3. Veterans Schedules: Veterans and their widows. : > : >4. Slave Schedules: Slave owners and the number of slaves they owned. : > : >5. Agricultural Schedules: Data on farms and the names of the farmers. : > : >6. Manufacturing or Industrial Schudules: Data on businesses and : >industries. : > : >The 1860 Agricultural Schedule contained the following data: : > : >1. Name. : >2. Acres of improved land. : >3. Acres of unimproved land. : >4. Cash value of farm. : >5. Value of farming machinery & implements. : >6. Horses. : >7. Asses & mules. : >8. Milch cows. : >9. Working oxen. : >10. Other cattle. : >11. Sheep. : >12. Swine. : >13. Value of livestock. : >14. Bushels of wheat. : >15. Bushels of rye. : >16. Bushels of Indian corn. : >17. Bushels of oats. : >18. Lbs. of rice. : >19. Lbs. of tobacco. : >20. Ginned cotton / bales of 400 lbs. each. : >21. Lbs. of wool. : >22. Bushels of peas & beans. : >23. Bushels of Irish potatoes. : >24. Bushels of sweet potatoes. : >25. Bushels of barley. : >26. Bushels of buck wheat. : >27. Value of orchard products. : >28. Gallons of wine. : >29. Value of market gardens produce. : >30. Lbs. of butter. : >31. Lbs. of cheese. : >32. Tons of hay. : >33. Bushels of clover seed. : >34. Bushels of other grasses seed. : >35. Lbs. of hops. : >36. Tons of rotted dew. : >37. Tons of rotted water. : >38. Other prepared hemp. : >39. Bushels of flax seed. : >40. Lbs. of silk cocoons. : >41. Lbs. of maple sugar. : >42. Lbs. of cane sugar @ 1000 lbs. : >43. Gallons of molasses. : >44. From what made (molasses). : >45. Value of homemade manufacturing. : >46. Lbs. of honey. : > : >The 1850 Agricultural Schedule was the same as the 1860 one, except for : >the following columns: : > : >38. Lbs. of flax. : >44. Lbs. of beeswax & honey. : >46. Value of animals slaughtered. : > : >The 1870 Agricultural Schedule contained 52 columns, and the 1880 one : >contained 24. : > : >Very few researchers take the time and effort to peruse & transcribe the : >data from these extensive Agricultural Schedules. But, I highly : >recommend that you consider doing so, if you are wanting to add some : >*real meat* to the "bare bones" of your pedigree charts. : > : >The last that I heard, the Agricultural Schedules were housed at Duke : >University; Durham, NC. Microfilm copies are available at most major : >genealogy libraries. They are also available via LDS Microfilm rental at : >your local LDS Family History Center. : > : >The following LDS Microfilms are available for the 1850 to 1880 Houston : >Co., Georgia Agricultural Schedules: : > : >1850: # 1602478 : >1860: # 1602481 : >1870: # 1602483 : >1880: # 1602491 : > : >Take care & happy hunting! : > : >William A. Mills : >Perry, GA : >wm-mills@juno.com : Houston Co., GA Publications & Research Webpage: : http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Forum/8795 : : : Virginia : : : ==== GATWIGGS Mailing List ==== : Post your Queries for Twiggs County : http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Twiggs : : ============================== : Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: : Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. : http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ : :