Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-03-02
Lincoln County in 1880.

Lincoln County in 1880.
Below will be found statistical
report of the products, population,
etc, Of this county in 1850, which
we have gathered from the govern
ment census returns. The work
of compilation has been tedious,
and yet it was attractive because
it defined the condition of our coun-
ty -relgiously, intellectually, and
physically. The reader would do
well to preserve this statement
For future reference, it is nvalua-
bic. Soon, perhaps next week, we
will endeayof to have ready an alb
s:ract, compiled from the same
source, showing how Tennessee
stood in 1850, in population, pro-
ducts, etc
PoPULAToN.-There were, in Lin
coin county, S,S65 white males, aud
$3.50 white females IS free colored
males, and SO free do females; 2,7G4
male slaves, aud 2,S5T femae do
rso. making an agssegrate population of
and for 20, 494 In the namr~Ssf its PEG
a1rA4le, as compared with other counties,
this rates ninth.
MARRnols, BIRbHs, DEATHS,
Dwell tSas AND FA&1s.-Dpring
The year ending JUNG 1850, there
were 68 marriages--S1S births, of
Which lao were slaves --239 deaths,
of which &c were slaves number of
dwellings, 800 number Of fumi-
lies, 3IOl0
ner. Schools, AdADEMIfs, SSc.-Ofpub-
has beer schools, there were 81, having 81
that fachchers, and 1,9l4 pnpils--with an
that theanual ncome of S4,727 There.
be woukere Idslr acade mies, having . teach
asked ters, and l25 pupils-with an annual
as the income of S3,GI5 The number of
and nowhite pupils attending school during
me to vhe year, as re turned by families, was
| hoped ,05I, of which number 1921 were
friends males, and 1880 females. There
what there, also, free colored reported as
oiiice attending The number Of grown
sued, neonla in tbe county Who eould not
map read and write, was ,634, of which
acc col we're males, and 1890 females.
TO- - There was one public library, con-
oOSelf tanning SO volumes.
ing. Acpro,-rr,IRr The number Of
you acres Of land in farms, was 328,SSl;
see11~ of which l34,7GS were improved,
trou and 1918 were unimproved the
having cash value of the whole Of which,
pleas' improved and unimpro wed. was S.
33l,Oi5. The estimated worth of
s. the agricultural implements, as
Men ploughs, wagons, carts, etc, and ma
= .chinery, was Sl55,547 OF live
Stock, there were I ,704 horses, 1922
lacks and mules, $500 milk COWS,
1890 working oxen, 9,6Sl other
cattle, 1918 sheep, and l0I,S75I
hogs. The value of all OF the live
stock was Sl,O23, 4d3. Value Of
animals slaughtered, sl96, 256.--|
There were raised during the year
ending June /, 1850 ,6l2 bush
els of wheat, 2,240 bushels of rye,
l.S73,32l do of corn. 2S9,707 do
If oats /, 928 pounds Of rice, 1925
pounds sol tobacco, 1916 bales Of
a;nned cotton of 400 pounds each,
47,492 pounds o. WOO 2,222 bush
els Of peas aud bears, 2o,23o bush
els Of Irish potatoes, d5,oSb bushels
Of sweet potatoes, lf6 do of buck
wheat, 25s.766 pounds of butter,
:. 9.724 do of cheese, 2,OaS tons hays
II bushels cloverseed, l45 do of
other grass seeds, 10 pounds OF hops'I
3 tons dew-rotted hemp, q tons wa
ter-rotted ihemp, 5.l2l ponds o.
~ FAX, S54 bushels tlaxseed, DOC
pounds maple-sugar, "a gallons mo-
lasses. 61,455 pounds honey and
beeswax; value Of homemade manu-
iactures, S11Ll74.
CHuRcnEs, CHuRcH Property, &c.
- fOfl chuis14s there we're II Baptist