urn:taro:utexas.cah.02622 A Guide to the Gillespie County (Texas) Census Records, 1850, 1860 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Gillespie County (Tex.) Gillespie County (Texas) Census Records 1850, 1860 Materials are written in English. 2 vols. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Comprised of two bound volumes of Photostats, the Gillespie County (Texas) Census Records, 1850, 1860, document the free inhabitants of Gillespie County, Texas, during the 1850 and 1860 censuses. The records contain demographic information, such as age, sex, occupation, place of birth, as well as whether an individual attended school within the past year. Scope and Contents

Comprised of two bound volumes of Photostats, the Gillespie County (Texas) Census Records, 1850, 1860, document the free inhabitants of Gillespie County, Texas, during the 1850 and 1860 censuses. The records contain demographic information, such as age, sex, occupation, place of birth, as well as whether an individual attended school within the past year.

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Index Terms Subjects Census -- Texas -- Gillespie County. Census districts -- Texas -- Gillespie County. Places Gillespie County (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century. Gillespie County (Tex.) -- Archives. Preferred Citation

Gillespie County (Texas) Census Records, 1850, 1860, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2N48b Gillespie County (Texas) Census Records, 1850, 1860