1850 Census Data


"Free Colored" Population:

Item

Hancock County

Alabama

Total No. Of Free Colored Males

0

1,056

Total No. Of Free Colored Females

0

1,209

Total Free Colored Population

0

2,265

Agriculture:

Item

Hancock County

Alabama

No. Of Acres Of Improved Land In Farms

6,829

4,435,614

No. Of Acres Of Unimproved Land In Farms

5,258

7,702,067

Cash Value Of Farms

40,139

64,323,224

Value Of Farming Implements And Machinery

4,745

5,125,663

Value Of Livestock

44,044

21,690,112

Value Of Animals Slaughtered

9,689

4,823,485

Value Of Orchard Products

25

15,408

Value Of Produce Of Market Gardens

0

84,821

Total No. Of Farms

144

41,964

Churches:

Item

Hancock County

Alabama

Total No. Of Churches, 1850

0

1,375

Total Value Of Church Property, 1850

0

1,131,616

Libraries:

Item

Hancock County

Alabama

Total No. Of Libraries

0

56

Manufacturing:

Item

Hancock County

Alabama

Value Of Homemade Manufactures

9,032

1,934,120

Schools:

Item

Hancock County

Alabama

No. Of Public Schools

4

1,152

No. Of Teachers In Public Schools

4

1,195

No. Of Pupils In Public Schools

74

28,380

Total No. Of White Persons Attending School

155

62,778

Total No. Of Free Colored Persons Attend

0

68

Total No. Of White Adults Who Cannot Read & Write

276

33,757

Total No. Of Free Colored Adults Who Cannot Read & Write

0

235

Total Educational Income

0

521,022

 

Slave Population:

Item

Hancock County

Alabama

Total No. Of Male Slaves

35

171,804

Total No. Of Female Slaves

27

171,040

Total No. Of Slaves

62

342,844

Vital Records (Population/Birth/Death/Etc.):

Item

Hancock County

Alabama

Total Aggregate Population

1,542

771,623

No. Of White And Free Colored Births During The Year

45

12,265

No. Of Slave Births During The Year Ending June 1, 1850

2

8,110

Total No. Of Births During The Year Ending June 1, 1850

47

20,375

No. Of White Persons Married During The Year Ending June 1, 1850

17

3,940

No. Of White And Free Colored Deaths During The Year Ending June 1, 1850

0

4,411

No. Of Slave Deaths During The Year Ending June 1, 1850

0

4,692

Total No. Of Deaths During The Year Ending June 1, 1850

0

9,103

No. Of Dwellings Of White And Free Color

251

73,070

No. Of White And Free Colored Families

251

73,786

No. Of Persons Born Out Of Alabama

351

183,913

No. Of Persons Born Out Of The United States

0

7,509

White Population:

Item

Hancock County

Alabama

Total No. Of White Males

739

219,483

Total No. Of White Females

741

207,031

Total White Population

1,480

426,514



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