Ancestry does have the slave schedules for Rutherford and Cleveland counties for 1850 and 1860. Click on North Carolina, then the county. I am not sure if they are indexed for 1850 along with the census, but 1860 is not indexed. Lynn Wesson > > From: "DIANA QUINONES" <audiana@msn.com> > Date: 2003/10/29 Wed AM 07:05:29 EST > To: NCRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NCRUTHER-L] Slave Schedules 1850, 1860 > > Kit, > This is what Ancestry says about the slave schedules: > > SLAVE SCHEDULES > > At the 1850 and 1860 censuses, an enumeration of slaves was performed. Full > names were rarely recorded, yet each slave was numbered. Organized by owner, > each person was listed with age, sex and color. With these details, along > with other facts gathered outside the schedule, it is possible to located a > specific person without actually finding their name. > > And these are the collections they have for NC: > This collection contains the following indexes: 1790 Federal Census Index; > 1800 Federal Census Index; 1810 Federal Census Index; 1812-14 Muster Rolls; > 1820 Federal Census Index; 1830 Federal Census Index; 1840 Federal Census > Index; 1840 Pensioners List; 1850 Federal Census Index; 1860 Federal Census > Index; 1870 Federal Census Index; 1890 Veterans Schedule; Early Census > Index. > > But it doesn't mention any slave schedule! There is the US Mortality > Schedule but not a separate named file for a slave schedule. Was it kept > separate from the 1850 and 1860CR? > Not all of 1860 has been imaged. The 1850 images are indexed for all > states. > > Diana in AL > HANEY,WEBB,BAILEY > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kit McChesney" <kitmcchesney@msn.com> > To: <NCRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:33 PM > Subject: Re: [NCRUTHER-L] Slave Schedules 1850, 1860 > > > > Dear All-- > > > > Has anyone had an opportunity to do any research using the slave schedules > > for our counties for 1850 and 1860? What I wonder is if Ancestry.com has > > images of the slave schedules for those years. I haven't subscribed in a > > while, and wanted to know before I made the commitment. Otherwise, I can > > visit the National Archives in Denver (I'm in Colorado), but it would be > > much easier if I could access online! > > > > Any info appreciated, as well as any info in using these schedules in > > general. > > > > > ==== NCRUTHER Mailing List ==== > > Subscribing: Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn't understand them, try these manual instructions: to join NCRUTHER-L, send mail to NCRUTHER-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join NCRUTHER-D, do the same thing with NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Unsubscribing: To leave NCRUTHER-L, send mail to NCRUTHER-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave NCRUTHER-D, do the same thing with NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com. > For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at NCRUTHER-admin@rootsweb.com > >