Saturday, December 19, 2015

1860 census Tazewell Co VA compiled by Tazewell Historical society

aunt minerva collection
page 166. Post Office Baptist Valley 2nd day of August 1860
1154 1125 JAMES MAXWELL 70 M VA farmer (8) $600 (9) $455
Polly 70 F VA (13)
James 48 M farmer
Nancy 28 F VA (13)
James W. 4 M VA
Sarah 2 F VA
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page 187 Post Office Cedar Bluff 9th day of August 1860 1289 1255 WHITTEN MAXWELL 55 M VA FArmer (9) $270 (13)
Alice 54 F VA
MAry J. 25 F VA (13)
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page 187 Post Office Cedar Bluff 9th day of August 1860 1292 1257 Alexander S. Huffurd 25 M VA Physician (9) $330
Larissa 18 F VA
Charles H. 1 M VA
JAMES C MAXWELL 29 M VA Saddler, (8 ) $75 (9) $465
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I'm reading this....this is MY GREAT GREAT GRANDPA JC MAXWELL!!!! is he a boarder in this household? what do the numbers in ( ) mean? and the $ amounts? accessed property value, perhaps? wish I had the key to this census! so I could understand it better!
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1049 Marrs, William 53 M Farmer VA
Sally 50 F VA
HENRY MAXWELL age 23 M Carder VA (pretty sure he is living with his sister and her husband, here....)
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1056 THOMAS B MAXWELL 30 M Merchant VA
Martha L. 24 F VA
Robert E 1 M VA

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