1860 U.S. Census
for Wayne County, North Carolina

The following web sites describe the information contained in the 1860 Census, including the categories and columns in the Census and other details:

Census Schedules -- U.S. Federal

The 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses: Catalog of National Archives Microfilm

Notes:

I've made a diligent effort to record all entries correctly, but I can't promise that there are no typos or other errors in this transcription of the census. For complete accuracy, consult the actual census at a Family History Center near you or the National Archives or Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

The following abbreviations are used in this census:

Do = ditto
F. L. = Farm Laborer
Jno. = John

I have reproduced the entries exactly as they appear, when I could read them. When I couldn't, I used the following symbols:

* indicates that letter was illegible. This is sometimes followed by a guess as to what the name was, in brackets, for example, J*nie [Junie]. The guess I consider most likely is first.

Ditto marks (") appear only where they appeared in the original.

Question marks in brackets [?] indicate I was not sure what the preceding word was.

A comma by itself indicates that nothing was written in that column.

The 1860 Census shown below includes only "Free Inhabitants," i.e., it does not include slaves. The entries below represent the 14 columns of the census, which are labeled as follows:

1. 1. Dwelling-houses -- numbered in the order of visitation,
   2. Families numbered in the order of visitation.
   3. The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June, 1860, was in this family
   4. Age.
   5. Sex.
   6. Color: White, black, or mulatto.
   7. Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each person, male or female, over 15 years of age.
   8. Value of Real Estate Owned
   9. Value of Personal Estate Owned
   10. Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country.
   11. Married within the year.
   12. Attended School within the year.
   13. Persons over 20 y'rs of age who cannot read or write.
   14. Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict.

At the bottom of each page is a summary section which consists of the following: "No. white males, No. white females, No. colored males, No. colored females, No. foreign born, No. blind, No. deaf and dumb, no. insane, No. idiotic, No. paupers, No. convicts."