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Aiken Anecdotes On Taxes Census In 1848 49
The piece traces Aiken town records from 1848 49 detailing a town tax ordinance for land, unimproved real estate and slaves plus a shop tax. It notes the 1849 census move, Ward en I T Cutler counting 384 whites 238 slaves and 61 free people of color for a total 683, and outlines later census growth to 11 243 by 1960 and the 1970 plan with 92 enumerators.
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Aiken
Internal Revenue
Lincoln
I.T. Cutler
U.S
Congress of the
S.C
Aiken County
Greenwood
Charlotte
J.A. Peterson