State census, 1825.

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State census, 1825.

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The 1825 population census, authorized under an 1825 act, was compiled in each county by census commissioners appointed by the county commissioners courts and filed with the Secretary of State. Each county return includes name of county and names or legal descriptions of legal subdivisions (e.g., townships, towns, villages). Entries for each household include: name of head of household; number of free white males 21 yrs. and older (inc. heads of families); number of free white males under 21 yrs; number of free white females (inc. heads of families); numbers of male and female servants and slaves; and free persons of color; and type (e.g., mill, distillery) and number of manufacturing establishments. Each return also includes signature of census commissioner certifying census, date certified, and recapitulations of totals. Returns are included for Edwards, Fulton, and Randolph Counties only.

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The Office of Secretary of State, successor to the territorial Secretary, was established by the 1818 Constitution to keep both the state archives and a register of the Governor's official acts. The Secretary was appointed by the Governor until the 1848 Constitution made the office elective. In 1873, the Dept. of Archives and Index was created to "make and keep proper indexes to the executive records and all public acts, resolutions, papers and documents" filed with the Secretary of State. This ...