CLAYTON COUNTY, GA - Social Census 1860

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SOCIAL CENSUS
1860

1860 U. S. Census, Bureau of the Social Statistics, Clayton County, Georgia
Census Taker: J. H. Morrow	      Northern District
	(This included all of Clayton Co.)
Real Estate:	S 758.544	How valued: from Marshal's books
Personal Estate:	S1,335,835
Total Valuation:	$2.094,379	True Valuation: $2.25 1,637

Annual Taxes:
State:	$1370.00	                   Paid by Cash
County	$1370.00	Paid by Cash
Poor:	100.00	Paid by Cash

Colleges, Academies and Schools

6 common - 11 teachers - 696 pupils

(No libraries, no newspapers or periodicals)

Religion
Church Property Value:
6 Methodist Churches	will hold 400 each	$2000.00
5 Baptist Churches	will hold 500 each	$3000.00
1 Presbyterian Church	will hold 500	$ 600.00

Pauperism

Number supported this year - 2 native born
Number supporting June 1St - 2 native born

Crime

No one convicted or in prison

Wages
Average monthly wage to farm hand with board	-	$10.00
Day Labor with Board	-	.50
Day Labor without board	-	.15
Carpenter without board	-	1.50
Price of board to laboring men per week	- S	3.00