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Arranged by type of schedule, then alphabetical by county.
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Biographical/Historical:
Summary:
This series contains part of the 1850 federal census of Florida. The compiled information was gathered for the year ending June 1, 1850. These records include four schedules: agriculture, industry, mortality, and social statistics. The population schedule is not included in the series.
Agriculture--the schedule on agriculture lists individual farms under the name of the owner or manager. Additional information includes the size and value of the farm, as well as the quantity and estimated worth of equipment, crops, livestock, and other farm products.
Industry--the schedule on industry states the name of the company and the products it manufactured. It also records the annual rate of production for each company, invested capital, amount of raw materials used, kind of power used in production (such as steam or water), and the number of laborers employed, categorized according to their sex and age. This schedule only provides data on Calhoun - Washington counties.
Mortality--the mortality schedule names all the persons who died during the year while residing with their family. It also provides the age, sex, race, and marital status of each individual, the place and date of birth, occupation, cause of death, length of illness, and the month of death. The enslaved or freed status of Black individuals is also noted.
Social statistics--the schedule of social statistics records general statistics for each county on crops, real estate, annual taxes, colleges and schools, libraries, newspapers and periodicals, religion, pauperism, crime, and average wages.
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Additional Physical Form:
The mortality schedules have been digitized and are available on the Florida Memory web site: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/historical_records/mortality-schedules/
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