CENSUS RECORDS--RABUN CO., GA--Social Statistics from the 1860 Census

Submitted by Dawn Watson (booleygirl@aol.com)

From the book: Confederate Petitions, 1860. This book is held in the
Probate Judge's office at the courthouse in Clayton, GA and contains
the entire, original, hand-written census for 1860.

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Page 4, Confederate Petitions, 1860
Social Statistics - Rabun County Georgia for the year ending June 1,
1860. James Bleckley, enumerator.



VALUATION OF ESTATE, REAL AND PERSONAL
Real Estate            $275,046
Personal Estate        $426,784
Total                  $701,830
How valued?            owner and Asst. Marshall
True valuation         $701,830



ANNUAL TAXES         HOW PAID
State         $480   cash
County        $240
Poor           $20



COLLEGES, ACADAMIES, AND SCHOOLS
No.  Type        No.           No.        Rec'd from       Rec'd from
                 Teachers      Pupils     Public Funds     other sources

1    Acadamy     1             50          $89.00           24
13   Common      13            351        $627.00          179



SEASONS AND CROPS
What crops are short?     Oats
To what extent?           7/8
Usual average crop        20 bushels per acre



LIBRARIES
No.      Kind         No. of
                      Volumes

6        S. School    169



RELIGION
No. of       Denomination   No. each               Value of
Churches                    will accomodate        Church property

8            Methodist      200                    1400
12           Baptist        200                    1700



WAGES
Average monthly wages to a farm-hand               10
Average to a day-laborer with board                50 cts.
Average to a day-laborer without board             75
Average day wages to a carpenter without board     150
Weekly wages to a female domestic with board       1:00
Price of board of laboring men per week            1:50