1855 Census Returns: Marion County

Statewide Census Totals

On November 21, 1855, Secretary of State Frederick J. Villepigue submitted a report to Governor James E. Broome, containing a digest of the data obtained from the 1855 state census. Every county except Duval was represented in this data set. This report is contained in the appendix of the journal of the Florida House of Representatives for 1854-55. The tables from this report are provided here, although we have corrected many of the totals, averages and percentages for mathematical accuracy. Keep in mind that because we have no manuscript version of these figures for verification, the tallies of individuals, acres of land, etc. are based on the report as printed. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data.

County Males over 21 Males under 21 All Males Females over 18 Females under 18 All Females Total No. Whites Total No. Whites in 1850 Increase over Five Years Rate of increase (percentage)
Escambia 813 639 1452 601 603 1204 2656 2644 12 0.45%
Santa Rosa 587 763 1350 537 756 1293 2643 2095 548 26.16%
Walton 386 568 954 425 495 920 1874 1481 393 26.54%
Holmes 270 395 665 279 322 601 1266 1037 229 22.08%
Washington 359 486 845 320 462 782 1627 1434 193 13.46%
Jackson 1042 1447 2489 1031 1252 2283 4772 3075 1697 55.19%
Calhoun 219 296 515 195 258 453 968 886 82 9.26%
Franklin 417 260 677 299 282 581 1258 1184 74 6.25%
Gadsden 1133 1476 2609 1075 1401 2476 5085 3897 1188 30.48%
Leon 897 966 1863 800 836 1636 3499 3183 316 9.93%
Wakulla 415 474 889 345 438 783 1672 1164 508 43.64%
Jefferson 663 899 1562 706 818 1524 3086 2775 311 11.21%
Madison 1060 1713 2773 1077 1480 2557 5330 2802 2528 90.22%
Hamilton 452 709 1161 429 635 1064 2225 1817 408 22.45%
Columbia 1108 1625 2733 965 1523 2488 5221 3541 1680 47.44%
Alachua 572 725 1297 462 627 1089 2386 1617 769 47.56%
Duval*                    
Nassau 239 348 587 246 293 539 1126 1061 65 6.13%
St. Johns 366 435 801 477 402 879 1680 1417 263 18.56%
Putnam 374 364 738 267 345 612 1350 473 877 185.41%
Orange (all Orange in 1850) 83 131 214 68 108 176 390 238 510 214.29%
Volusia (all Orange in 1850) 85 101 186 64 108 172 358
Brevard 100 10 110 6 7 13 123 111 12 10.81%
Marion (all Marion in 1850) 757 872 1629 573 706 1279 2908 2068 1790 86.56%
Sumpter (all Marion in 1850) 216 301 517 188 245 433 950
Levy 158 192 350 136 196 332 682 320 362 113.13%
Hernando 258 312 570 196 265 461 1031 604 427 70.70%
Hillsborough and Manatee 548 637 1185 411 665 1076 2261 1706 555 32.53%
Dade 36 24 60 20 16 36 96 147 -51 -34.69%
Monroe 813 504 1317 412 481 893 2210 2088 122 5.84%
Total 14426 17672 32098 12610 16025 28635 60733 44865 15868 35.37%
County Free Colored Males Free Colored Females Total Free Colored People Male Slaves Female Slaves Total No. Slaves Total No. Slaves in 1850 Increase between 1850 and 1855 Total Colored Population
Escambia 120 202 322 788 728 1516 1332 184 1838
Santa Rosa 7 7 14 639 426 1065 784 281 1079
Walton 5 3 8 199 209 408 336 72 416
Holmes 49 54 103 163 -60 103
Washington 8 4 12 327 366 693 504 189 705
Jackson 23 22 45 2491 2428 4919 3534 1385 4964
Calhoun 12 15 27 211 190 401 453 -52 428
Franklin 6 1 7 250 210 460 377 83 467
Gadsden 7 11 18 2553 2759 5312 4880 432 5330
Leon 36 33 69 4493 4627 9120 8203 917 9189
Wakulla 4 3 7 576 584 1160 790 370 1167
Jefferson 2 2 2724 2940 5664 4938 726 5666
Madison 7 3 10 1993 2155 4148 2688 1460 4158
Hamilton 1 1 456 477 933 685 248 934
Columbia 2 1 3 966 974 1940 1266 674 1943
Alachua 1 1 1269 1238 2507 906 1601 2508
Duval*
Nassau 16 11 27 446 414 860 1077 -217 887
St. Johns 36 41 77 517 543 1060 993 67 1137
Putnam 7 7 14 388 371 759 204 555 773
Orange (all Orange in 1850) 48 48 96 226 175 401
Volusia (all Orange in 1850) 2 3 5 169 136 305
Brevard 11 7 18 27 -9 18
Marion (all Marion in 1850) 1 1 1924 1869 3793 1269 2877 4146
Sumpter (all Marion in 1850) 151 202 353
Levy 92 97 189 145 44 189
Hernando 1 1 2 285 319 604 322 282 606
Hillsborough and Manatee 2 4 6 355 391 746 660 86 752
Dade 1 1 11 -11 1
Monroe 59 66 125 227 167 394 431 -37 519
Total 366 438 804 24597 24929 49526 37204 12322 50330
County No. Children
between 5 & 18
years of age		 No. Children
in School
Alachua 714 110
Brevard** 11
Calhoun 341 44
Columbia 1730 268
Dade 10 10
Duval*
Escambia 705 224
Franklin 396 173
Gadsden 1707 614
Hamilton 505 162
Hernando 324 86
Hillsborough 727 287
Holmes 409 18
Jackson 1658 370
Jefferson 2033 310
Leon 1870 440
Levy 233 34
Madison 1907 358
Marion 869 176
Monroe 540 291
Nassau 407 37
Orange*
Putnam 441 120
Santa Rosa 845 180
St. Johns 496 271
Sumpter 294 75
Volusia 108 27
Wakulla 582 92
Walton 650 81
Washington 489 85
Total 21001 4943
County No. of Acres Privately Owned Total Value Value per Acre Value of Buildings not in Towns, Cities or Villages  Value of Household and Kitchen Furniture Value of Horses, Mules and Plantation outfit  Value of Slaves Value per Slave (Average)
Escambia 67,410 $203,718 $3 $89,655 $201,345 $330,575 $1,018,225 $672
Santa Rosa 22,380 $87,864 $4 $48,150 $36,080 $43,875 $763,550 $717
Walton 20,345 $137,470 $7 $30,332 $22,465 $43,086 $242,550 $594
Holmes 7,916 $40,242 $5 $13,934 $17,969 $20,269 $61,635 $598
Washington 23,642 $126,264 $5 $3,565 $32,755 $47,744 $383,950 $554
Jackson 218,639 $1,288,450 $6 $207,665 $131,585 $276,060 $2,556,550 $520
Calhoun 21,307 $106,424 $5 $21,170 $18,905 $37,870 $244,200 $609
Franklin 12 $1,875 $156 $60,607 $8,095 $286,000 $622
Gadsden 523,323 $1,410,473 $3 $310,000 $188,942 $367,700 $3,112,900 $586
Leon 225,769 $1,928,770 $9 $464,656 $218,204 $510,928 $4,802,583 $527
Wakulla 39,957 $111,505 $3 $51,845 $93,675 $121,266 $688,700 $594
Jefferson 189,186 $1,465,777 $8 $171,600 $120,029 $324,933 $2,815,550 $497
Madison 164,648 $1,168,080 $7 $235,707 $137,795 $406,135 $2,178,740 $525
Hamilton 65,658 $351,415 $5 $69,350 $61,245 $194,068 $434,065 $465
Columbia 141,329 $859,577 $6 $182,682 $121,212 $234,928 $1,202,700 $620
Alachua 131,693 $1,926,356 $15 $134,013 $91,070 $233,755 $1,480,600 $591
Duval*
Nassau 58,697 $88,320 $2 $59,795 $28,505 $48,615 $380,100 $442
St. Johns 62,437 $107,435 $2 $54,800 $10,890 $15,515 $584,117 $551
Putnam 22,380 $87,864 $4 $48,150 $36,080 $49,875 $444,225 $585
Orange 2,721 $20,800 $8 $11,010 $11,855 $14,675 $54,600 $569
Volusia 6,610 $83,375 $13 $23,450 $8,495 $32,707 $156,100 $512
Brevard 1,477 $9,795 $7 $3,300 $830 $600 $8,350 $464
Marion 142,391 $1,375,980 $10 $179,647 $96,505 $201,499 $2,004,705 $529
Sumpter 13,878 $188,620 $14 $47,390 $25,740 $41,656 $204,100 $578
Levy 9,602 $235,171 $24 $25,210 $14,870 $33,030 $100,300 $531
Hernando 55,307 $301,575 $5 $54,395 $30,390 $71,970 $347,956 $576
Hillsborough and Manatee 32,745 $183,946 $6 $97,600 $83,900 $62,050 $425,100 $570
Dade 2,610 $5,190 $2 $8,666 $1,345 $600
Monroe 1,234 $18,650 $15 $20,700 $300 $850 $268,200 $681
Total 2,275,303 $13,920,981 $6 $2,668,437 $1,903,588 $3,774,929 $27,250,351 $567

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