Showing posts with label Calvin Caston census. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calvin Caston census. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Calvin Caston Where's The Proof ? Part 1

PART 1




In obtaining a deed for homestead property it was necessary to establish residency and improvement of the land. Calvin Caston and family have been identified in the 1870 and 1880 population federal census living in Pike County, Mississippi.  In the 1870 federal census, Calvin Caston occupation is listed as a farm hand who can't read or write. The value of his personal property is $100.00. One hundred dollars in 1870 is the equivalent of $1,769.55 in 2015. There is no value listed for real estate. Let's keep in mind that the 1870 census information was taken days before he filed his homestead application. The 1880 federal census does not list real estate or personal property value.

The census of agriculture is collected the same year as the decennial population census. I have located Calvin Caston in the non-population 1880 agricultural census for Pike County, Mississippi. This census identifies the inventory of the farm assets land improvements.


A portion of the 1880 Federal Agriculture Census for Pike County, Mississippi
 Calvin Caston is first name listed


This is a small chart of some of the information for Calvin Caston property on the 1880 Agricultural census. The 2015 monetary values have been included on the chart.


Name
Rents for Fixed Money
Rental
Acres of Land Tiled
Value of Farming Implements and Machinery
Value of Live Stock

Estimated Value of All Farm Productions for 1879
Calvin Caston
     1
    74
     $15 (1880)
 165 (1880)
  400 (1880)



$335.28
 (2015)
$3688.11
 (2015)
$8940.88
 (2015)




Calvin Caston was also  taxpayer for his property in Pike County.  I was able to locate a copy of the 1881 tax. On the tax form, a column to identify the individual's  residence for previous year is printed but not recorded for any of the individuals listed. 



"Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-21942-40530-1?cc=1919687&wc=9B48-3TY:211910201,212012101 : accessed 9 July 2015), Pike > County tax rolls 1881-1886, Box 3752 > image 4 of 400; Mississippi Department of Archvies and History, Jackson.

Enlarged image of 1881 tax record Calvin Caston listed 5th from the bottom

Summary of 1881 Taxes with 2015 valuation

Name      Number of   Value of    Number of     Value of    Number of      Value of         Total of        Aggregate State
Calvin      Cattle           Cattle        Horses           Horses      Carriages         Carriages      Valuation           Tax
Caston        2                30                 1                   35                 1                  10                    75                    22.5

  2015                          $670.00                          $782.33                               $223.52         $1676.41           $491.75


These documents establish Calvin Caston as a resident, taxpayer, and landowner who improved his property.

-----The Tree Gardener