The census taker for Madison County was W[illiam] D Fry. His family had
lived in the area since 1720s. I don't think you could classify him as a
Yankee.
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On 10/26/2010 12:53 PM, Hannah Powell wrote:
> I would say it's a matter of attitude. Virginia was not as devastated
> as some other states. Military rule did not end until 1872 in Alabama
> for instance. But the southern mind never forgot the yankees.
> Military rule in other states was not pleasant and a yankee census
> taker was not welcome .. simply tolerated. ... and that IS a fact. Did
> the Confederate Virginians have a different view of the world?
> Virginia in view of her population mix of Yankee and Confederate might
> have been more subdued at the end of the war. Regarding the 1870
> Census taker ... was a yankee plain and simple.
> Hannah Powell
> Hannah Powell
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tarter, Brent (LVA)"
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> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] 1860 and 1870 Census
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> Precision is important when characterizing things, especially things
> that the Feds did during the decades before and after the Civil War.
>
> In the first place, Virginia was not under military rule when the census
> of 1870 was taken. Congressional, or as it is sometimes called military,
> reconstruction ended in Virginia in January 1870.
>
> In the second place, federal government employees always conducted the
> census, so what, if anything, does it matter whether a former
> Confederate state still had military rule when the census of 1870 was
> taken?
>
> Brent Tarter
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