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From: "Melissa Nunn" <>
Subject: Re: [GALUMPKI] 1838 Lumpkin Co. State Census (Lookups offered)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 19:16:19 -0500


Daniel I am looking for these names on Lumpkin :
Hollifield(Holafield) and Dobbins.....they came from
Rutherford Co.,NC...it is possible they didn't arrive
until the 1840's in Lumpkin .
Thanks for checking....Melissa
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From: Daniel Pierce <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 5:39 PM
Subject: [GALUMPKI] 1838 Lumpkin Co. State Census (Lookups offered)


> I have a transcription of the 1838 State census for Lumpkin County. It
lists
> the name of the head of household and then some numbers for persons in
various
> categories.
>
> I will gladly do lookups for anyone interested.
>
> Below is a statement by the transcriber which is included on the first
page:
>
>
>
> This state census report for Lumpkin County, 1838, is probably a fragment
rather
> than a complete return. Evidence for this conclusion includes the facts
that it
> contains some 45% fewer names than the county's tax digest of two years
earlier
> and that no totals appear on the final pages. The report apparently
covers at
> least portions of Districts 821, 830, 831, 836, 837, 838, 900, 916, and
935 and
> omits 820 and 931. Unfortunately, the residents are not listed by
district.
>
> The Lumpkin County 1838 state census is available for viewing on microfilm
at
> the Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta (Microfilm
Library,
> #146/25).
>
> The data are presented in the following order:
>
> Column 1 No. in each family
> 2 Free Persons of Colour
> 3 No. of Slaves
> 4 No. of Deaf
> 5 No. of Dumb
> 6 No. of Lunaticks
> 7 No. of male children between 6 & 16 years
> 8 No. of female children between 6 & 15 years

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