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