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A project is being undertaken to compile and publish a substitute 1890 census of Muscogee County, Georgia.
A census of Muscogee County was originally conducted as part of the Eleventh Decennial U. S. Census in June 1890. Subsequently, a recount of the entire city of Columbus was carried out. Final figures show that Muscogee County had 27,761 residents in 1890--17,303 of these being inhabitants of the City of Columbus. The original – and only – copy of the 1890 U. S. Census was damaged in a fire at a Commerce Department building in Washington, D.C., in 1921. The surviving remnants were ordered destroyed by Congress in 1934, although some fragments from around the country survive. These fragments include several pages from Ward Six in Columbus.
Using county and city records, local newspapers, cemetery surveys, and so forth, we hope to put together as accurate a list of residents in the county as possible. This substitute census aims to include additional data on each individual, beyond what the original census detailed, to whatever extent it can be learned, including dates and places of birth, marriage, death and burial for each person. It is our hope to create a valuable tool for genealogists and historical researchers interested in this locality during this time period. Research has already begun, and our target publication date is June 2009.
In addition to the substitute census, the work will include transcriptions and abstractions of local records from the period, including marriages, births, deed transactions, tax digests, a city directory, and so forth. Once research, printing and binding costs have been covered, any proceeds from the project will benefit the fund to rescue the historic Clapp’s Factory Cemetery in Muscogee County. This will be administered through the Clapp's Factory Cemetery Preservation League, which is incorporated as a not-for-profit entity with the State of Georgia.
Anyone wishing to participate in this non-profit, volunteer project in some capacity may join the project Yahoo! group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1890Muscogee/
or contact me directly at retrofit@flash.net
Also, we will be setting up a webpage through which descendants or other researchers who have knowledge of individuals residing in Muscogee County in 1890 may submit data to be included in the substitute census. There may be persons or entire families who didn’t appear in any record or source in 1890, aside from the lost census rolls. We are interested, as well, in learning of individuals or families who were residing in Muscogee Co. in 1880, but had moved away from the county before 1890. A separate announcement will be made when that webpage has been launched.
Updates will be posted to this message board and list periodically. We will not be taking pre-orders until a manuscript draft has been completed so that we are able to calculate the cost of printing and binding. Thanks to all of you who have expressed interest and support for the project so far.
John Mallory Land
1890 Muscogee Project Coordinator
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