Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 04:20:07 -0700
From: Wayne Dorough <dorw(a)inebraska.com>
To: GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [GAGEN] 1790 GA population figures
Facinating! Thank you! I appreciate you passing the information to us! Very
likely Chatham and Wilkes were the two primary entry counties for
migration into
the state. I know it was for at least two of my early ancestrial
lines.
Wayne
Tim Stowell wrote:
> I ran across some fascinating figures about the 1790 Georgia census.
> Two of the counties were spelled differently then than now:
> Glyn - Glynn; Wilks - Wilkes.
>
> The state was divided into three sections Lower, Middle and Upper
> for a total of 11 counties.
>
> The Lower section consisted of Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glyn and
Liberty.
> The Middle section consisted of Burke, Richmond and Washington.
> The Upper section consisted of Franklin, Greene and Wilks.
>
> The counts in the data I reviewed were divided into 5 catergories:
> Males 16 and over, Males under 16, Females, All other Free Persons, Slaves.
>
> The data below will be in that order, with a Total at the end.
>
> Camden - 81 - 44 - 96 - 14 - 70 = 305
> Chatham - 846 - 480 - 1130 - 112 - 8201 = 10769
> Effingham - 627 - 336 - 711 - 0 - 750 = 2424
> Glyn - 70 - 36 - 87 - 5 - 215 = 413
> Liberty - 426 - 264 - 613 - 27 - 4025 = 5355
>
> Burke - 1808 - 1841 - 3415 - 11 - 2392 = 9467
> Richmond - 1894 - 1925 - 3343 - 39 - 4116 = 11317
> Washington - 947 - 1024 - 1885 - 2 - 694 = 4552
>
> Franklin - 225 - 243 - 417 - 0 - 156 = 1041
> Greene - 1027 - 1111 - 1882 - 8 - 1377 = 5405
> Wilks - 5152 - 6740 - 12160 - 180 - 7268 = 31500
>
> Slaves were a large portion of several of the counties. In Chatham County
> for instance the ratio was 3.2 slaves to each free person.
>
> Tim