Social Statistics of Districts 1 to 12 inclusive in the county of Dorchester, State of Maryland for the year ending June 1, 1860, as enumerated by me Wm. C. Littleton, Ass't Marshall
Churches
Number will Accommodate Value of Church
1 Methodist Episcopal
200
$2000
1 Methodist Episcopal
150
$200
1 Protestant Episcopal
450
$7000
1 Methodist Episcopal
550
$7000
1 African Episcopal
200
$300
1 Methodist Episcopal
200
$600
1 Presbyterian
300
$2000
1 Methodist Episcopal
300
$2500
1 Methodist Episcopal
250
$300
1 Methodist Episcopal
300
$800
1 Methodist Episcopal
200
$400
1 Methodist Episcopal
150
$800
1 Methodist Episcopal
150
$400
1 Baptist O.S.
200
$400
1 Methodist Episcopal
175
$450
1 Methodist Episcopal
150
$200
1 Methodist Protestant
300
$700
1 Methodist Episcopal
175
$700
1 Methodist Episcopal
175
$700
1 Methodist Episcopal
200
$700
1 Protestant Episcopal
175
$1000
1 Methodist Episcopal
300
$3600
1 Methodist Episcopal
130
$600
1 Protestant Episcopal
125
$1000
1 Baptist N.S.
150
$1000
1 Methodist Protestant
150
$900
1 Methodist Episcopal
250
$2500
Valuation of Estate, Real and Personal
Real Estate $2,882,051.00
Personal Estate $1,960,607.00
Total $4,846,658.00
How Valued: Assessor's Books
Annual Taxes
State $4,830.27
County $38,007.56
School $4,000.00
Poor $1,500.00
Supervisor of Roads $885.00
Material and work on Roads $1,152.72
Colleges, Academies, and Schools
2 Academys, 2 teachers, number of pupils 22
amount annually realized from endowment $1000
raised by taxation $1000
received from other sources $800
2 Female Academys, 2 teachers, number of pupils 45
36 Common Schools, 36 teachers, number of pupils 1126
raised by taxation $7000
raised from other sources $800
Libraries
1 Private, 1200 volumes
Newspapers Character How often Circulation
Democrat Political Weekly 492
Intelligencer Political Union Weekly 696
Herald Neutral Weekly 696
Pauperism
Whole number of paupers supported within the year 43 native, 1 foreign
Whole number on 1st June 31 native, 1 foreign,
annual cost of support $2500
Crime
Whole number of criminals convicted within the year, 5 native
In prison on 1st June, 13 native, 1 foreign
Wages
Average monthly wage to a farm hand with board $10.00
Average to a day laborer with board .75
Average to a day laborer without board .87
Average day wage to a carpenter without board $1.50
Weekly wages to a female domestic with board $1.25
Price of board to laboring men per week $2.50
Seasons and Crops
What crops are short and to what extent
corn 1/3
wheat 1/4
oats 1/2
irish potatoes 1/2