[Cherokee County map]Cherokee County, Alabama
ALGenWeb : County Index : Cherokee County home : A Picture of Cherokee County in 1860
Researched and presented by Alan J. Pitts of Shelby County, Alabama.

CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

 STATISTICS BASED ON THE EIGHTH CENSUS
OF THE UNITED STATES
1860



 POST OFFICES
Ball Play*
Blue Pond
Broomtown
Cedar Bluff
Cedar Springs
Centre
Cobb’s Mills*
Coloma
Davis Crossroads
Gadsden
Gaylesville
 Gnatsville
Goshen
Hannegan
Hoke’s Bluffs
Howell’s Crossroads
King’s Hill
Kirk’s Grove
Leesburgh
Little River
Oceola
Pleasant Gap
 Ringgold
Rio Grande
Sand Rock
Spring Garden
Sterling
Tranquility*
Turkeytown
Water Cure
Will’s Valley

The asterisk denotes post offices that appeared on the 1859 list, but weren't on the 1862 list, the next available.
FREE POPULATION SCHEDULE

  WHITE   OTHER  
AGE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
Under 1 267 260    
1 and under 5 1033 997    
5 and under 10 1170 1206    
10 and under 15 1169 1079    
15 and under 20 845 885    
20 and under 30 1214 1342    
30 and under 40 748 795    
40 and under 50 550 534    
50 and under 60 377 292    
60 and under 70 193 168    
70 and under 80 65 69    
80 and under 90 13 7    
90 and under 100 2 5    
Above 100 1 1    
Age unknown 18 16    
Total 7665 7656 16 21

Note: free white total includes 28 men and 13 women born in foreign countries.


SLAVE DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE

NUMBER OF SLAVES OWNERS
1 only 115
2 only 81
3 only 57
4 only 47
5 only 29
6 only 33
7 only 21
8 only 15
9 only 16
10 and under 15 40
15 and under 20 18
20 and under 30 16
30 and under 40 5
40 and under 50 1
50 and under 70 2
70 and under 100 2
100 and under 200  
200 and under 300  
300 and under 500  
500 and under 1000  
1000 and over  
Total slave owners 498
Total slaves 3002

Note: total includes 1479 males and 1523 females, 2,607 black and 395 mulatto.

FARMS CONTAINING THREE ACRES OR MORE

RANGE COUNT
3 and under 10 21
10 and under 20 70
20 and under 50 471
50 and under 100 414
100 and under 500 299
500 and under 1,000 8
1,000 and over 2
Total 1285
Improved farm acreage 106,919
Unimproved farm acreage 218,234
Value of farms $2,979,265
Value of tools & machinery 166,508


SCHEDULE OF LIVESTOCK

TYPE OF LIVESTOCK COUNT   TYPE OF LIVESTOCK COUNT
Horses 3,171   Other cattle 7,293
Mules 1,488   Sheep 11,106
Milk cows 4,623   Swine 32,620
Working oxen 2,090   Value of livestock $739,631
Value of livestock slaughtered $188,137

SCHEDULE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE

TYPE OF CROP COUNT   TYPE OF CROP COUNT
Wheat, bushels 91,037   Butter, pounds 153,196
Rye, bushels 921   Cheese, pounds 1,536
Corn, Bushels 604,217   Hay, tons 51
Oats, bushels 32,378   Clover seed, bushels  
Rice, pounds 320   Grass seed, bushels 3
Tobacco, pounds 23,399   Hops, pounds 5
Cotton, Bales 10,562   Flax, pounds  
Wool, pounds 17,127   Flaxseed, bushels 30
Peas & Beans, bushels 20,146   Silk cocoons, pounds  
Irish Potatoes, bushels 9,665   Maple sugar, pounds  
Sweet Potatoes, Bushels 79,823   Cane sugar, 1000-lbs. Ea.  
Barley, bushels 57   Cane molasses, gallons 936
Buckwheat, bushels     Sorghum molasses, gallons  
Orchard produce, $value 1,031   Beeswax, pounds 731
Wine, gallons 237   Honey, pounds 12,302
Garden Produce, $value 58   Home manufacture, $value 65,596


PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RETURNS*

CANDIDATE POLITICAL PARTY VOTES
Stephen A. Douglas Democratic 223
John C. Breckinridge Southern Rights 1,706
John Bell Constitutional Union 527
Total 2, 456

Note: The Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln, did not appear on the ballot.


ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE SECESSION CONVENTION*

CANDIDATE POLITICAL PARTY VOTES
John Potter Cooperationist 1139
W. L. Whitlock Cooperationist 1127
John P. Ralls Secessionist 1125
H. C. Sanford Cooperationist 1121
F. M. Hardwick Secessionist 1118
L. J. Standifer Cooperationist 1110
D. L. Nicholson Secessionist 1101
J. T. Stewart Secessionist 1094
First Four Men Elected Total

Note: Whitlock supported Douglas in the Presidential election.