1860 Cabarrus County Census

Western Section, Concord P.O

Thanks to Barbara Hartley, part of the 1860 census for Cabarrus County has been trancribed! Below is a transcript of the first page of the Western Section of Cabarrus County. More pages may be coming in the future.

Explanation of Column Headings

  • Columh #1: line number
  • Column #2: Dwelling-house, numbered in the order of visitation
  • Column #3: Families, numbered in the order of visitation
  • Column #4: The names of every person whose place of abode on the first day of June 1860, was in the family
  • Column #5: Age
  • Column #6: Sex
  • Column #7: race -White, Black, or mulatto (often left blank if white)
  • Column #8: Profession, Occupation or Trade of each person male or female, over 16 years of age
  • Column #9: Value of Real Estate
  • Column #10: Value of Personal Estate
  • Column #11: Place of Birth, naming State, Territory or Country
  • Column #12: Married within the year
  • Column #13: Attended school within this year
  • Column #14: Persons over 20 y'rs of age who cannot read or write
  • Column #15: Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict
Page No. 27 [written] 14 [typed page] Schedule 1. – Free Inhabitants in Western Section in the County of Cabarrus State Of N. Carolina enumerated by me, on the 18th day of June 1860. WM(??)Ass’t Marshall Post Office Concord, N.C.
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1 Martha Rogers 4 f N.C. /
2 John Cuchrun (or Cachran) 23 mDaguerotypist∗ 40 "
3 228 208 Sarah Rogers 60 f
100" /
4 229 209 Thos (Thomas?) " 38 m Farmer 15682250 "
5 Elizabeth " 35 f "
6 Joe " 14 m "/
7 John " 12 m "/
8 Harvy " 8 m "/
9 Margaret " 6 f" / Blind(?)
10 Milton " 3 m" / Blind
11 Catharine MCKinly 40 f 728 300"
12 Chas (Charles?) " 12 m 500" /
13 230 210 Jacob Glaſs 34 m Farmer 1768 500Prussia∗
14 Mary " 29 f Bavaria/
15 Lena " 8 f"/
16 Louisa " 6 f"/
17 Henry " 2 m "
18 Fred " 6/12 m"
19 231 211 Jeff Graves 31 m 125 "
20 Sarah " 24 f "
21   Ludena " 6 f"
22 Chad " 4 m "
23 Cornelia " 1 f"
24 232 212 John " 61 m Farmer 135 (155?) 75 "
25 Mary " 65 f "
26 233 213 John Winecoff(?) 54 m Farmer 6360 4480 "
27 Martha " 50 f"
28 William " 20 m Workman farm"  ¸    
29 Mary " 18 f " /
30 Henry " 17 m " /
31 Mary " 13 f " /
32 Jane " 11 f " /
33 Eliza " 8 f "
34 234 214 Tobias Burnhardt (or Barnhardt) 28 m "
35 Jane " 32 f "
36 Luther " 4 m "
37 Noah " 1 m "
38 235 215 Noah Blackwelder 35 m Farmer 2150 600 "
39 Mary " 32 f "
40 Wm E. " 12 m "
No.white males,21
No. white females,19
No.colored males,__
No. colored females,__
No. foreign born,___
No. blind,___
No. deaf and dumb,___
No. insane,___
12,7098,960 [transcriber got 8,970]No. idiotic, __
No. paupers, ___
No. Convicts, ___

Transcriber's Notes

∗A Daguerotypist was a photographer

This census taker’s "a” often looks like a "u.”


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