The 1869 South Carolina State Population Census is available on microfilm at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History(SCDAH). It was the first census taken that lists the African American head of household by name. No other members of the household are named, however, it can be beneficial if an ancestor was not able to be located on the 1870 United States Census.
This index lists the number of children from 6 to 16 by race and gender, number of males over 21 by race, and number of persons of all ages by race and gender. Each of the following counties are available:
Abbeville, Anderson, Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Lancaster, Laurens, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Sumter, Union, Williamsburg, and York.
This record is missing for the counties of Kershaw, Oconee, and Spartanburg. I added this record to the page I am building on FamilySearch Wiki entitled South Carolina African Americans: Census Records
I found several ancestors this week. I created a chart below. Jas. Anderson Tucker, Pettus W. Chick, are slave owners who are also ancestors. Kincaid Vance, is the same J. K. Vance whose Confederate Civil War record that I wrote about last month. He was a half-brother and slave owner to Beverly Vance below.
I am fortunate that they all still lived near each other. I am also fortunate to be able to find my 3rd great grandmother, Eliza Maybin living next to Pettus W. Chick. She changed her name to Eigner in 1880. Her son, Anderson changed his name from Maybin to Eigner to Chick. I have yet to figure out how the surnames of Maybin and Eigner tie in.
If you live far away and would like someone to look check this census for an ancestor, please let me know.
My Findings
| Name of Person | Children 6-16 Males Females W/C W/C | Males over 21 White/Colored |
Number of free
persons of all age
Males Females
White/Colored
White/Colored
|
ABBEVILLE COUNTY
| |||
| Kincaid Vance Image #2 | 2W 3W | 3W |
5W
7W
|
| Beverly Vance Image 2 (2nd g) | 3C 1C | 1C | 4C
4C
|
| Andrew Johnson Image 46 (2nd g) | 2C 1C | 1C | 1C
8C
|
| Andrew Johnson (JR) Image #53 | 1C | 2C | |
UNION COUNTY
| |||
| Jas. A. Tucker (4th g) | 1W | 1W |
1W
|
| Pettus W. Chick (3rd g) | 1W | 1W
2W
| |
| Eliza Maybin (3rd g) | 1C | 4C
1C
| |
| Henry Sims (3rd g) | 1C | 1C |
