1860's Census Records

The 1860 U.S. Federal Census:

• Census Day was 1 June 1860.
• The eighth census included the states of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin; the District of Columbia; and the territories of Kansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, Utah, Washington, Indian and unorganized Dakota.
• The 1860 census continued employing two questionnaires: one for free inhabitants (Schedule No. 1) and one for slaves (Schedule No. 2).
• The Schedule No. 1 questionnaire provided space to tally the following information:
  • Dwelling - Houses numbered in the order of visitation
  • Families numbered in the order of visitation
  • The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June 1860, was in this family
  • Description
    - age
    - sex
    - Color (white, black, or Mulatto)
  • Profession, occupation, or trade of each male person over 15 years of age
  • Value of real estate
  • Value of personal estate
  • Place of birth naming the state, territory, or county
  • Married within the year
  • Attended school within the year
  • Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read or write
  • Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict
• The Schedule No. 2 questionnaire provided space to tally the following information:
  • Names of slave owners
  • Number of slaves
  • Description
    - age
    - sex
    - color
  • Fugitives from the state
  • Number manumitted
  • Deaf & dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic
  • Number of slave houses
• There are no substantial losses.

Other 1860's Census Records:

Other census records for the 1860 decade will be added as they are discovered.