Brazos Genealogical Association, P.O. Box 5493, Bryan TX 77805. All rights reserved. Copyright 2001 The following article was serialized in "The Brazos Genealogist" Volume XI issues 3 & 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1860 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS - BRAZOS COUNTY TEXAS Transcribed by Janis Hunt The 1860 agricultural census of Brazos County Texas has been transcribed in the order in which it was filmed. The page numbers listed are the handwritten numbers located in the top left hand corner of each page. The information contained here is just a portion of the information listed by the census taker. Other categories enumerated included what types of livestock, (horses, asses and mules, milch cows, working oxen, other cattle, sheep, and swine), the number of each, and the total value of the livestock, the type and quantity of crops raised (wheat, rye, indian corn, oats, rice, tobacco, ginned cotton, peas and beans, irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, barley, buckwheat, value of orchard products, gallons of wine, value of market garden produce, butter, cheese, hay, clover and grass seeds, hops, hemp, flax and flaxseed, silk cocoons, maple and cane sugar, molasses, beeswax and honey, value of home made manufactures, and the value of animals slaughtered). It has been pointed out that in some instances the regular census and the agricultural census were taken at different times and if a family was missed in the regular census they might be located in the agricultural census. Of course this will not give you a listing of all the family members but will confirm that they were in the county at the time the census was taken. These census are not indexed but are not too long or hard to read. LINE NAME OF OWNER, ACRES ACRES CASH VALUE NO. AGENT OR MANAGER IMPROVED UNIMPROVED VALUE FARM OF THE FARM FARM EQUIP PAGE 21 PRECINCT 1 BRAZOS CO. P.O. BOONVILLE 20 JULY 1860 1 JAMES F. EDRINGTON 700 1,597 $ 53,000 $ 730 2 J. & E. BEALL 200 1,968 54,200 760 3 MARY M. WILSON 525 775 39,000 700 4 THOMAS D. WILSON 1000 6,008 140,600 1,200 5 MATTHEW DUNN 80 3,231 9,933 100 6 HARVY MITCHELL 130 5,134 21,900 150 7 AUGUSTUS B. SMITH 10 70 240 15 8 CHARLES CLAYTON 40 800 3,000 20 9 THOMAS J. HOLDEN -- -- -- 15 10 JAMES H. HUDSPETH -- -- -- 75 11 JAMES W. GEORGE -- 62 155 25 12 JOHN B. NASH 45 336 1,905 75 13 THOMAS B. NASH -- -- -- 15 14 HUGH REED 24 446 2,350 10 15 JAMES W. PARKER 22 669 1,382 25 16 ISAAC N. ARNOLD 15 297 696 10 17 JOHNATHAN SEMANS -- -- -- 100 18 WILLIAM J. LEWIS 25 150 1,400 40 19 VINCENT KIRKLAND 20 680 1,400 125 20 MARK A. COLEMAN 60 193 859 10 21 STEPHEN McLAUGHLIN 75 3,257 39,226 75 22 Ms H. PARKER -- -- -- -- LINE NAME OF OWNER, ACRES ACRES CASH VALUE NO. AGENT OR MANAGER IMPROVED UNIMPROVED VALUE FARM OF THE FARM FARM EQUIP 23 JOHN MILHANKS 18 56 370 20 24 RICHARD McDONALD 85 565 3,500 100 25 MATTHEW McDONALD 50 250 1,600 100 26 ALONZO P. HOUSE 40 340 600 15 27 FELIX NEWMAN -- 340 1,038 70 28 ELIJAH HOLLOWAY 36 524 1,680 10 29 JAMES M. ZIMMERMAN 25 1,775 4,500 140 30 HANNAH PAYNE 25 375 1,600 20 31 KATHARINE KOONTZ 50 3,320 3,370 55 32 CHARLES W. ZERBST 18 182 400 200 33 WILLIAM SHULTZH 20 185 410 60 34 JOSEPH W. DICKSON 15 322 1,500 10 35 MARTIN ELLISON 300 928 8,342 20 36 HILL P. WILLIAMS -- -- -- 10 37 NICHOLAS THOMAS 22 586 1,216 175 38 ADALINE GRAVES 100 796 2,148 175 39 JACKSON WALLACE -- -- -- -- 40 MILES PAYNE 40 998 9,114 60 TOTALS 3,815 37,215 $ 412,634 $ 5515 PAGE 33 PRECINCT 1 BRAZOS CO. P.O. BOONVILLE 10 AUG 1860 1 ROBT. JOHNSTON 50 420 $ 4,700 $ 300 2 WILLIAM J. GRIFFIN -- -- -- -- 3 WILLIAM H. HARDY 75 585 6,600 300 4 LUCY A. BAKER 20 65 850 -- 5 JOHN ADAMS -- -- -- -- 6 JOHN Q. ADAMS -- -- -- -- 7 E. H. KNIGHT -- -- -- -- 8 E. C. KNIGHT -- 100 500 125 9 W. F. CARSON 25 425 2,250 250 10 JOHN CARSON 15 1,271 6,430 300 11 JAMES B. CARSON -- -- -- -- 12 S. E. W. HUDSON 25 1,725 8,750 100 13 GEORGE CARTER -- 192 576 -- 14 JOHN R. PEYTON 6 314 1,600 -- 15 G. A. LOVE 80 1,920 7,000 100 16 HIRAM HANOVER 40 1,414 3,635 50 17 WILLIAM WARREN 15 85 300 10 TOTALS 357 8,516 $ 43,191 $ 1535 Whole number of pages of schedules of agriculture in the counties of Robertson & Brazos, thirty four (34) I, hereby certify that the above & foregoing schedules of the production of agriculture, in the counties of Robertson and Brazos, were filed according to my instructions and oath of office. G. A. Love Apt Marshall W. D. Texas Sworn & Subscribed To Before Me This 17Th Day Of September 1860 Isaac Lloyd J.P.R.C. PAGE 27 PRECINCT 2 BRAZOS CO. P.O. BOONVILL 6 AUGUST 1860 LINE NAME OF OWNER, ACRES ACRES CASH VALUE NO. AGENT OR MANAGER IMPROVED UNIMPROVED VALUE FARM OF THE FARM FARM EQUIP 1 GEORGE SIMS 10 180 $ 380 $ 60 2 WRIGHT DICKSON -- 160 320 -- 3 GEORGE HEMPFLING 35 1,165 2,400 125 4 RICHARD McMICHAEL 50 150 2,000 55 5 JAMES TRIPLET -- 1,060 2,700 50 6 WILLIAM DUNLAP 130 2,803 29,330 425 7 BENJAMIN KNOX 140 437 5,770 250 8 WILLIAM K. HINDMAN -- 52,000 104,000 -- 9 THOMAS J. KNOX 75 125 3,000 50 10 EDWARD KNOX 150 350 7,500 500 11 WILLIAM BROOKSHIRE 30 477 5,070 500 12 ANDREW J. HALL 60 140 8,000 150 13 SAMUEL DUNLAP -- 320 1,600 20 14 HUGH CUNNINGHAM 60 294 3,540 160 15 SAMUEL J. LUCY 300 20 3,840 -- 16 WILLIAM EDWARDS -- 320 640 -- 17 BERIEN WILLIAMS 20 180 900 200 18 JOHN H. MILLICAN -- 30 150 70 19 HENDERSON HARDY -- 165 1,500 225 20 EZEKIEL CURD 13 307 900 60 21 JAMES M HOOD 20 300 1,280 100 22 S. D. BURTON -- 136 2,500 -- 23 JAMES C. BOYETT 20 880 3,600 70 24 ADAM BIDER 13 87 500 65 25 SARAH RAGSDALE 25 480 1,300 20 26 THOMAS COOPER 55 365 2,100 80 27 RICHARD CARTER 100 1,900 4,000 200 28 SARAH A. SMITH 50 150 2,000 45 29 JEFFERSON P. MITCHELL 35 2,965 6,500 100 30 ALFRED KELLY 12 4,436 5,428 150 31 WILLIAM C. BOYLES 140 517 3,285 125 32 WILLIAM McINTOSH 75 1,825 5,700 50 33 RICHARD HARDIMAN -- 3,947 9,332 -- 34 WHITLEY MONTGOMERY 25 215 2,240 200 35 GILLESPIE B. REED 5 606 2,211 30 36 JOSEPH T. LLOYD 7 43 150 60 37 JAMES I. BOWMAN 30 2,480 6,020 160 38 MARTIN A. GUEST 2 -- 500 -- 39 ARTILLERY McCULLOCH 3 22 150 35 40 BESTER SOUTH -- 268 1,340 200 TOTALS 1,690 82,305 $ 243,676 $ 4,590 LINE NAME OF OWNER, ACRES ACRES CASH VALUE NO. AGENT OR MANAGER IMPROVED UNIMPROVED VALUE FARM OF THE FARM FARM EQUIP PAGE 29 PRECINCT 2 BRAZOS CO. P.O. BOONVILL 8 AUG 1860 1 EDWARD M. MILLICAN 200 5,417 $ 28,085 $ 1,000 2 LEMUEL JOHNSTON 60 1,341 14,010 50 3 JOHN MILLICAN 600 5,894 64,940 -- 4 STEPHEN FARQUAR -- -- -- -- 5 W. G. DANIEL -- -- -- -- 6 Z. S. SPRINGER -- -- -- -- 7 JAMES D. DEETIS -- -- -- 40 8 H. P. EDWARD -- -- -- -- 9 MARTHA McGLAMMERY -- -- -- 75 10 WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM 100 375 7,125 150 11 ROBT. CUNNINGHAM -- -- -- -- 12 LEWIS RECTOR 37 2,718 8,265 150 13 NATHAN MILLICAN -- 900 9,000 -- 14 JAMES RILEY -- 800 800 -- 15 ESON C. THOMAS -- 993 4,965 100 16 JAMES A. BARKER 90 1,430 7,600 225 17 THOMAS J. JOHNSON 170 257 8,340 300 18 SUEL NORIS 80 270 3,500 -- 19 JAMES W. MILLICAN 100 84 920 -- 20 A. C. GARDNER 30 43 876 100 21 MARY J. CHRISTIAN 10 80 1,080 25 22 TRAVIS B. MILLICAN 100 1,200 20,000 250 23 L. C. ROBERTS -- -- -- 100 24 THOMAS J. RECTOR 40 137 885 150 25 W. J. MILLICAN 50 450 15,000 100 26 CHARLES PATTERSON 20 80 500 25 27 JOEL H. McGREGOR 40 260 1,280 150 28 STEPHEN GREER 225 75 3,000 150 29 WILLIAM C. GREER 20 30 400 -- 30 JACOB PEARCE 100 620 2,000 200 31 JOHN WALKER 50 2,333 11,915 200 32 THOS. J. FULLERTON 20 4,906 14,778 200 33 WILLIAM HENRY -- 2,444 12,220 -- 34 GEORGE FULLERTON 25 138 815 50 35 WILLIAM S. STUART 20 310 660 25 36 GEORGE HIGGS 30 2,553 5,166 300 37 GEORGE W. WOOTTON 25 1,540 15,650 -- 38 C. W. MITCHELL 15 33 480 250 39 JAMES McMILLIN 20 3,463 10,449 450 40 J. M. ROBERTS 100 5,414 25,570 50 TOTALS 2,377 47,588 $ 302,274 $ 4,865 PAGE 31 PRECINCT 2 BRAZOS CO. P.O. BOONVILL 9TH AUG 1860 1 W. W. JONES 25 225 $ 1,250 $ -- 2 JOHN H. JONES 3 349 1,760 -- 3 GIBEONS FOSTER 8 322 1,650 250 4 J. Z. FULLER -- -- -- -- 5 H. WOMBLE 150 3,580 11,190 400 6 JOEDAY NEWSAM 260 597 20,755 500 7 JESSE BATTS 900 617 30,340 1,000 8 T. V. WALKER 300 757 21,140 2,200 9 B. Y. ELLIOTT -- -- -- 50 10 WILLIAM PHELPS -- -- -- 100 11 RICHD. NORWOOD -- 98 980 150 12 WILLIAM FARQUHAR 45 355 1,600 225 13 B. G. RIDENS 16 700 2,000 250 14 JAMES FARQUHAR -- -- -- -- 15 J. W. PRICE 10 486 2,480 60 16 ROBERT MILLICAN -- 407 1,221 125 17 ROBERT J. CRISTIA 55 337 3,920 -- 18 BRYANT A. CHRISTIA -- -- -- -- 19 NELSON P. MILES -- -- -- -- 20 W. A. DICKERSON -- -- -- -- 21 JAMES M. JONES -- -- -- -- 22 W. L. HALL -- -- -- -- 23 BARTLETT McGREGOR 45 1,629 8,370 150 24 N. W. RECTOR 150 312 4,420 300 25 WM. G. RECTOR -- -- -- -- 26 MORGAN PRICE 40 360 400 10 27 RICHD. B. DAWSON 65 235 3,000 100 28 TITUS HOLLIDAY 400 1,000 28,000 350 29 J. & W. F. WADE 430 336 15,320 100 30 Y. H. GREEN 440 1,077 12,704 150 31 Y. R. HERINGDON -- -- -- -- 32 JOHN E. MILLICAN -- -- -- 125 33 GEO. H. BRANTUEN 38 282 900 100 34 A. C. BRIETEGE -- -- -- -- 35 H. H. PHELPS 100 100 12,000 -- 36 ARTHUR EDWARDS 5 95 300 -- 37 WILLIS MILLICAN 100 954 7,378 25 38 Y. Z. HODGE -- 200 700 -- 39 ROBERT JOHNSON 50 420 4,700 300 40 WILLIAM GRIFFIN -- -- -- -- TOTALS 3,635 15,830 $ 198,738 $ 7,020 PAGE 33 PRECINCT 3 BRAZOS CO. P.O. BOONVILL 24 JULY 1860 1 THOMAS C. MOORE 30 530 $ 2,755 $ 75 2 SAMUEL B. JETTON -- -- -- -- 3 MATTHIAS KOCLSCH 6 74 320 -- 4 JERMIAH PAYNE 12 768 1,700 85 5 C. C. SEALE 300 3,243 10,629 175 6 EDMOND ALLEN 16 194 1,050 135 7 LEVI SEVEAT 40 180 1,100 100 8 NORTON RIGHT 10 90 500 15 9 BRADFORD SEALE -- -- -- 50 10 WILLIAM W. BERRY 15 135 900 15 11 JOSEPH A. SEALE 15 887 3,135 100 12 HARDIN NEVILL 30 1,150 4,720 80 13 AUGUSTUS F. SEALE 30 565 2,250 80 14 ERASMUS E. MARR 35 265 1,500 100 15 JOSEPH R. BENSON 10 210 550 25 16 L. RASCO 30 278 2,000 140 17 J. C. ROBERTS -- -- -- 25 18 ABSALOM M. BALL 30 160 950 100 19 JOHN R. STEWART 35 1,441 4,413 150 20 WALTER A. STEWART -- 1,371 4,113 -- 21 RUEBIN DARWIN 30 120 750 75 22 CALVIN W. SEALE 10 397 2,035 85 23 JOSHUA SEALE 130 1,011 6,832 10 24 JOHN LAWLESS 10 190 600 150 25 JOHN Y. DARWIN 15 685 2,100 110 26 ELIJAH G. HEARN 12 172 920 25 27 JAMES ESTES 28 380 2,140 100 28 THOMAS CLARK 15 185 1,000 100 29 GEORGE W. DANIELL 20 123 715 90 30 THOMAS C. BOWMAN 70 530 6,000 130 31 JOHN L. BOWMAN 45 555 1,800 145 32 WILLIAM KING 8 1,132 2,850 120 33 WILLIAM G. WILSON 8 152 320 120 34 JAMES A HUNTER -- 250 1,250 200 35 JAMES RILEY 30 480 1,542 20 36 WILLIAM REED 15 285 1,180 100 37 ROBERT S. BENSON 60 659 3,595 50 38 JOSEPH STEINER -- 250 750 -- 39 JAMES W. HENDERSON -- 125 250 80 40 JAMES H. HENDERSON -- 125 250 -- TOTALS 1,150 19,347 $ 79,464 $ 3,160 PAGE 25 PRECINCT 3 BRAZOS CO. P.O. BOONVILL 30 JULY 1860 1 JAMES KIRKHAM 10 178 $ 564 $ 10 2 EDWIN ALLARD 6 267 819 25 3 BENJAMIN F. KIZER 50 200 1,250 115 4 AUGUSTUS B. MULLINS 12 278 1,500 70 5 DAVID S BURTON -- 500 1,500 130 6 WILLIAM LAWRENCE 25 188 1,065 100 7 FRANCIS KELLOGG 200 200 2,000 50 8 PETER KEEFER 25 175 1,000 35 9 JOHN W. BICKHAM 27 373 1,000 120 10 HUGH R. HENRY 60 1,047 3,321 175 11 BENNETT J. HINDS 40 304 1,720 100 12 JOHN B. WALLACE 13 134 737 15 13 JAMES WALKER 200 4,758 16,507 225 14 JOHN S. MOODY 100 4,900 5,000 300 15 JOHN C. FOLEY -- -- -- -- 16 EDWIN FULLERTON -- -- -- -- 17 JOHNSTON T. MEWHENY 12 148 480 30 18 GEORGE CLARK -- -- -- -- 19 JAMES HENRY 36 924 1,920 490 20 ROBERT M. HENRY 15 305 960 250 21 MARY McMAHON 8 392 800 60 22 GEORGE McMILLEN 25 1,409 4,302 250 23 WILSON REED 250 2,064 6,942 450 24 AARON MOWBRAY -- 250 1,500 100 25 NEELY DOBSON 30 100 1,000 12 26 ALBERT T. JONES -- 210 1,050 5 27 HENRY G. HUDSON 73 1,538 3,241 80 28 GEORGE W. JONES 16 521 1,074 100 29 B. COMSTOCK 16 304 2,600 80 30 GEORGE W. DAVIS 30 130 480 100 31 PERRY MIDDLETON 12 88 100 40 32 JOSEPH LYONS 30 3,970 8,000 200 33 JAMES M. PRICE 40 2,046 4,172 100 34 CLAYTON OSMAN -- 460 1,380 30 35 WM. C. KINCANON 10 169 1,000 30 36 WILLIAM GAY 25 670 4,865 300 37 WILLIAM C. WALKER 60 2,036 3,536 325 38 JAMES WALKER 15 505 1,500 100 39 JOHN HILL -- 320 640 115 40 MICHAEL SIMS 20 1,080 2,200 70 TOTALS 1,491 33,141 $ 91,725 $ 4,787