Offers a guide to census indexes, including federal, state, county, and town records, available in print and online; arranged by year, geographically, and by topic.
Contains extensive data about population in all of the states and counties of the U.S. from 1790-1990. Contents: population of the U.S. and each state; population of counties, earliest census to 1990; and historical dates and Federal information processing standard (FIPS) codes. Information presented in tabular form.
Gilford Garner was born in about 1802 in Clarke County, Georgia. His parents were Joseph Garner and Sarah Orr. He married Mary Caddell, daughter of Andrew Henderson Caddell and Susan Tidmore Green, 28 December 1827 in St. Clair County, Alabama. They had six known children. Mary died in 1840. He married Sarah Childers in about 1850 and they had three known children. He died 18 April 1880 in Dorsey County, Arkansas. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, and Arkansas.
Spencer Polk was born of an African-Indian slave woman known as Sally, and her master, Taylor Polk, a descendant of one of America's first families and one of the earliest white settlers in the Arkansas Territory. A favored slave, Spencer Polk became a prosperous farmer and landowner in southwestern Arkansas and the founder of a numerous and energetic family. Since emancipation the family homestead he built on Muddy Fork Creek has housed succeeding generations and has drawn back those who sought their fortunes elsewhere. Ruth Polk Patterson, a granddaughter of Spencer Polk who was born and raised in the log house he built, traces the life of Polk and his family from his birth in 1833 to the present generation. The skillful blending of folklore, history, and personal insight makes The Seed of Sally Good'n an excellent contribution to the long neglected history of middle-class African Americans.
" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.