One source would be the agriculture censuses; You can track individuals
through 1880 and before and after that you can get the compiled data from
government published data-- below are some examples--the nice thing is that
you can compare areas. Lumber was considered an agricultural product.
You might also want to try the historical census browser at
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/index.html
Compendium of the Enumeration of the Inhabitants and Statistics of the
United States, as Obtained at the Department of State from the Returns of
the Sixth Census by Counties & Principal Towns, Exhibiting the Population,
Wealth and Resources of the Country. . . . Washington, D.C.: Thomas Allen,
1841.
DeBow, J.D.B. Statistical View of the United States Embracing Its
Territory, Population-White, Free, Colored, and Slave-Moral and Social
Condition, Industry, Property and Revenue; the Detailed Statistics of
Cities, Towns and Counties; Being a Compendium of the Seventh Census to
Which Are Added the Results of Every Previous Census, Beginning with 1790,
in Comparative Tables, with Explanatory and Illustrative Notes, Based upon
the Schedules and Other Official Sources of Information.
Kennedy, Joseph C.G. Agriculture of the United States in 1860; Compiled
from the Original Returns of the Eighth Census under the Direction of the
Secretary of the Interior. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office,
1864.
Walker, Francis A. The Statistics of the Wealth and Industry of the United
States Embracing the Tables of Wealth, Taxation and Public Indebtedness of
Agriculture, Manufactures, Mining and the Fisheries with Which are
Reproduced from the Volume of Population, the Major Tables of Occupations,
from the Original Returns of the Ninth Census, (June 1, 1870) under the
Direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Washington, D.C.: Government
Printing Office, 1872.
----- Original Message -----
From: "marsha moses" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Logging History in Virginia
> I think that it is very interesting how important logging was in the
> late 1800's and early 1900's. I am amazed at how many of the men that I
> am looking at were involved with railroad ties, or logging in any form.
> I would be interested in more information about this topic in general on
> this list and on some of my other lists. I think that we lose sight of
> the fact that timber was such a BIG cash crop in that time frame.
>
> A funny coincidence: my Hawkins line moved from Lousia/Orange County
> Virginia to CABELL county in what is now WV and became involved in
> selling Railroad ties to both the C&O and the N&W.
>
> And on another completely unrelated line in eastern Ky, I have a distant
> cousin probably removed once or twice who remembers in her prime (she is
> over 100) hand hewing a railroad tie to take into Louisa, Kentucky to
> sell when she needed something extra in her household....perhaps a child
> who needed new clothes for a special event...or well you get the
> idea.....something that her household found to be a luxury. The rivers
> and railroads and timber were so interconnected. I would like to be
> included, Randy, on any information that gets exchanged on this topic.
> marsha in WV
>
> Randy Cabell wrote:
>
> >Is there a book, or perhaps a dissertation somewhere on logging in
Virginia in the 19th and 20th centuries? I am particularly interested in
statistics -- employment, $$$$, % of workforce, etc. for this northwest part
of the State---Clarke, Frederick, Warren Counties.
> >
> >Randy Cabell
> >
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