Hyde Co., NC 1860 Federal Census
(Slave Schedule included)
This census was abstracted from microfilm #M653; Roll #902 obtained from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. No attempt was made to correct mistakes in the spelling of the names thus you should look for all conceivable variations of the surnames.
The census of 1860 varied only slightly from that of 1850, although its census day was still 1 June. The columns used were as follows:
| Dwelling - houses; numbered in the order of visitation | Families numbered in the order of visitation | The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June 1860, was this abode. | Description | Profession, Occupation or Trade of each person, male and female, over 15 years of age. | Value of Estate Owned | Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory or Country. | Married within the year. | Attended school within the year. | Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read or write. | Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict. | |||
| Age | Sex | Color (white, black or mulatto) | Value of Real Estate. | Value of Personal Estate. | |||||||||
The 1860 census was the first to ask those being queried to reveal the value of their personal estates. As enumerations of districts were completed, enumerators were instructed to make two copies: one to be filed with the clerk of the county court, one to be sent to the secretary of the state or territory, and the third to be sent to the Census Office for tabulation.
The birthplaces of individuals were to be specific as to the state or territory in the United States and the country of birth if foreign born. For example, designations of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales and the German states of Prussia, Baden, Bavaria, Württemberg, and Hesse-Darmstadt were preferred to Great Britain and Germany.
Research strategies remain the same as those for the 1850 census because information included in the 1850 and 1860 schedules is essentially the same, except for the addition of the question concerning personal estates. While the added column may be a general indicator of a person’s assets, it is doubtful that individuals were likely to disclose true figures for fear of being taxed accordingly.
The enumerator for Hyde's 1860 census was William J. Smith and, in my estimation, did a VERY poor job of taking it. Oftentimes he left the heading completely blank then at other times he inserted the name of a town or township that was incorrect. We know from checking the 1850 & 1870 census records that numerous families were completely overlooked. He also had small children listed as farmers or merchants worth thousands of dollars in real estate and personal property and made generous use of initials instead of given names and in most cases never crossed his "t's" or "f's". In the case of surnames ending with double L's (such as Bell and Hall) the last "l" looked like an "e" so the names looked like BELE and HALE. He hardly ever marked whether a person could read or write, attended school or were married during the census year nor did he mark whether a person was white, black or mulatto with the exception of a few places. Occasionally you will see the letters "FB", "FM", and "F" in the race column. I assume that these letters stand for "free black", "free mulatto" and "free". We did not attempt to make any corrections to this census but when initials were used we inserted given names in brackets when we knew what they were. We felt that this census was important to have online even with all the errors in it so RESEARCHER BEWARE when you use it.
Below are tables with links to each page in the census. We developed a small index (not full name) for the census pages and a full name index for the slave schedule. Just look on the index, find the surname you are interested in, then click on the corresponding link to that particular page. On the slave schedule index just click on the name and it will take you to the page where they are listed. REMEMBER - there may be more than one instance of a surname on a page.
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Links to Census Pages |
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| 65A | 65B | 66A | 66B | 67A | 67B | 68A | 68B | 69A | 69B |
| 70A | blank | blank | blank | 72A | 72B | 73A | 73B | blank | blank |
| 75A | 75B | 76A | blank | 77A | blank | blank | blank | 79A | 79B |
| 80A | 80B | 81A | 81B | 82A | 82B | 83A | 83B | 84A | 84B |
| 85A | 85B | 86A | 86B | 87A | 87B | 88A | 88B | 89A | 89B |
| 90A | 90B | 91A | 91B | 92A | 92B | 93A | 93B | 94A | 94B |
| 95A | 95B | 96A | 96B | 97A | 97B | 98A | 98B | 99A | 99B |
| 100A | 100B | 101A | 101B | 102A | 102B | 103A | 103B | 104A | 104B |
| 105A | 105B | 106A | 106B | 107A | 107B | 108A | 108B | 109A | 109B |
| 110A | 110B | 111A | 111B | 112A | 112B | 113A | 113B | 114A | 114B |
| blank | blank | 116A | 116B | 117A | 117B | 118A | 118B | 119A | 119B |
| 120A | 120B | 121A | 121B | 122A | 122B | 123A | 123B | 124A | 124B |
| 125A | 125B | 126A | 126B | 127A | 127B | 128A | 128B | 129A | 129B |
| 130A | 130B | 131A | 131B | 132A | 132B | blank | blank | 134A | blank |
| 135A | 135B | 136A | 136B | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Surname Index
A Abel - 91b |
B Bailey/Baily - 97a, 98a |
C
Caffee/Coffe/Coffee - 67b, 81b, 123a |
D Daily - 105b |
E Easter - 90a |
F Farow/Farrow - 93a, 93b,
102a, 105a, 107a, 108b, 110b, 111b, 112a, 113a, 113b, 125a |
G Garesh/Garish - 98b |
H Hall - 72b, 75b, 79b, 80a,
81a, 84b, 124b |
I-J Ireland - 123b |
K Kincy - 112a |
L Latham - 125a |
Mc - M McGowan - 65a, 92a, 92b,
123a, 126a, 128b |
N Neal - 84b, 88b, 95a, 98b,
101a, 117b, 119b |
O Oden - 110a, 110b |
P-Q Paine/Pane/Payne - 68a, 72a, 72b,
116a, 116b, 117a, 117b, 118a
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R Radcliff/Ratcliff - 120a,
120b, 121b |
S Sadler - 66b, 68a, 70a,
77a, 80a, 82b, 84a, 86a, 89a, 90b, 96a, 96b, 123b, 125a, 128a, 130b, 132b,
134a, 136b |
T Tailor - 68a |
U-V Vernelson - 90b |
W-X-Y-Z Wade - 109a |
TIP: Don't forget that you can find any word on a current web page you're viewing by pressing CTRL+F. In the little pop-up box simply type the word to look for and press ENTER.
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