A-E. Location, date
 
1. Dwelling or house number and family number
 
2. Person's name
 
3-9. Personal information
 

1860 Federal Population Schedule

Column Headings


A. Page number
B. Village, town, city, township, district, ward, etc.
C. County
D. State
E. Date
1. Dwelling or house number
2. Family number
3. Name of every person whose place of abode on the first of June 1860 was in this family
4. Age
5. Sex
6. Color
7. Profession, occupation, or trade of each person over 15 years of age
8. Value of real estate
9. Value of personal estate
10. Place of birth
11. Married within the year
12. Attended school within the year
13. Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read and write;
14. Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict.
1860 Federal Census
 
The eighth census of the United States took place on June 1, 1860.

These 1860 census records for these counties have been lost or destroyed:

  • Arkansas: Indian Lands, Little River
  • Florida: Hernando
  • Louisiana: Bienville Parish
  • Mississippi: Hancock, Sunflower, Washington
  • Texas: Blanco, Coleman, Concho, Duval, Edwards, Hardeman, Kimble, Knox, LaSalle, McCullock, McMullen, Tarrant, Taylor, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Wilson
  • Washington: Benton, Columbia, San Juan, Snonomish, Stevens
There are published indexes for these states:
  • Alabama
  • Arizona (with New Mexico)
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado (with Kansas)
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • District of Columbia
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana (with Nebraska)
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada (with Utah)
  • New Hampshire
  • New Mexico
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • Wisconsin


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