Early Edgefield District, South Carolina Censuses

The 1790, 1800, and 1810 Federal Censuses of Edgefield District, South Carolina, covered all of what is now Edgefield and Saluda Counties, and parts of Aiken, Greenwood, and McCormick Counties. In the 1790 census, there were 4,904 free white males; 4,701 free white females; 65 "other" free persons; and 3,619 slaves. Names of free Negroes and mulattos were identified as head of household in all but one entry. In the 1800 census, there were 6,757 free white males; 6,308 free white females; 61 "other" free persons, and 5,006 slaves. No Negroes, mulattos, or other "persons of color" were identified by name, but were listed in white households. In the 1810 census, there were 7,340 free white males; 7,093 free white females; 151 "other" free persons, and 8,576 slaves. Over half the Negroes, mulattos, and other "people of color" were identified by name as head of household, and the balance were listed within a white household.

A sample page from the 1800 census, a map of Old Edgefield District, and a full name index add to the value of this work.

Lawrence E. Jarrell

(1998), 2004, 8.5" x 11", paper, index, 116 pp.

ISBN: 9781585498987

101-J0898