RUSSELL COUNTY, ALABAMA LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES And SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held in Russell County, Alabama, in 1860, is either non-existent or not readily available. It is possible to locate a free person on the Russell County, Alabama census for 1860 and not know whether that person was also listed as a slaveholder on the slave census, because published indexes Almost always do not include the slave census. Those who have found a free ancestor on the 1860 Russell County, Alabama census can check this list to learn if their ancestor was one of the larger slaveholders in the County. If the ancestor is not on this list, the 1860 slave census microfilm can be viewed to find out whether the ancestor was a holder of a fewer number of slaves or not a slaveholder at all. Whether or not the ancestor is found to have been a slaveholder, a viewing of the slave census will provide an informed sense of the extent of slavery in the ancestral County, particularly for those who have never viewed a slave census. An ancestor not shown to hold slaves on the 1860 slave census could have held slaves on an earlier census, so those films can be checked also. In 1850, the slave census was also separate from the free census, but in earlier years it was a part of the free census. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/alrussell.htm Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"