Wayne Co., TN Agriculture Schedules

Robert Sims and Frances Howard Merritt

The 1860 and 1870 Agriculture Schedules of Wayne County, TN includes the farms of three children and seven grandchildren of Robert Sims and Frances Howard Merritt. The children are Sarah M. Sims (widow of C. M. Lawson), Matthew Joseph Sims, Sr., and Abraham Martin Sims. The grandchildren include Sarah's sons Mordecai S. Lawson and Amos M. Lawson, and Matthew Joseph's children Hartwell Ebenezer John Shields Sims, Elizabeth Sims (wife of William G. Youngblood), Matthew Joseph Sims, Jr., Robert Henry Clay Sims, and Zachary Taylor Sims.

Sims Family in the 1860 Agriculture Schedule

For extensive comments, analysis and interpretation, refer to the
1860 Census of Agriculture Main Page by Gerald K. Moore.

Links for owners are to the Family Narrative including the owner.
Schedule items with no entry are listed below the table.

Civil District #8

Abraham M. Sims

H.E.J. Shields Sims

Matthew J. Sims

William G. Youngblood

Sarah M. Lawson

Index Number

K20

K26

K32

1 Owner

Sims, A.M.

Sims, Shields

Sims, M.I.

Youngblood, W.G.

Lawson, Martha

2 Acres Improved

170

3 Acres Other

250

200

4 Land Value $

800

4000

140

5 $ Farm Machinery

175

6 No. of Horses

7 No. of Mules

9 No. of Oxen

13 $ Livestock

500

2220

500

14 Bu. Wheat

15 Bu. Rye

16 Bu. Corn

500

1500

195

17 Bu. Oats

21 lb. Wool

22 Bu. Peas

23 Bu. Potatoes

24 Bu. Swt. Potatoes

27 $ Fruit

30 lb. Butter

150

44 lb. Sorghum

46 lb. Honey

47 $ Homemade Items

48 $ Slaughtered

300

1860 Schedule items with no entry:

08 No. of Milch Cows
10 No. of Other Cattle
11 No. of Sheep
12 No. of Swine
18 Bu. of Rice
19 lb. Tobacco
20 bales Cotton
25 Bu. Barley
26 Bu. Buckwheat
28 Wine, gal.
29 Market Garden $
31 lb. Cheese
32 tons Hay
33 Clover Seed, Bu.
34 Grass Seed, Bu.
35 Hops, lb.
36 Dew rotted Hemp
37 Water rotted Hemp
38 Cane Sugar, hhds of 1,000 lbs.
39 Flax, lb.
40 Flaxseed, Bu.
41 Silk cocoons, lb.
42 Maple sugar, lb.
43 Cane sugar
45 lb. Beeswax
49 Comments

Sims Family in the 1870 Agriculture Schedule

For extensive comments, analysis and interpretation, refer to the
1870 Census of Agriculture Main Page by Gerald K. Moore.

Links for owners are to the Family Narrative including the owner.
Schedule items with no entry are listed below.

Civil District #8	Mordecai S. Lawson	H.E.J. Shields Sims	Robert H.C. Sims	Abraham M. Sims	William G. Youngblood	Zachary T. Sims	Matthew J. Sims, Jr.	Sarah M. Lawson
Index Number	X2	X12	X24	X26	X28	X34	Z30	Z34
1 Owner	Lawson, M.S.	Simes, Shields	Simes, R.H.C.	Simes, A.M.	Youngblood, W.G.	Simes, Z.T.	Sims, M.J., Jr.	Lawson, A.M.
2 acres, Improved	18	40	45	75	55	35	30	15
3 acres, Woodland		120	238	350	380	115	154	3284
5 Land Value $	Rents	1700	1500	3000	1500	1500	1500	3500
6 $ Farm Machinery	40	110	70	75	50	10	100
7 $ Wages	125	200	60	25	25	45	120
8 $ Horses	1	5	4	3	1	4	6	1
9 # Mules	2	1	3	1	1	1
10 # Milk Cows	2	3	1	4	2	1	3	3
11 # Oxen	2	2	4	2	1		2
12 # Other Cattle	2	2	1	5	4		4	6
13 # Sheep		20	18	9	12		30
14 # Swine	21	20	25	30	35	17	35	22
15 $ Livestock	901	860	1006	675	600	602	810	287
16 Bu. Wheat, spring	62	50	95	65	34	35	27	25
17 Bu. Wheat, winter			9	6			50
18 Bu. Rye	500	650	650	800	450	160	400	250
19 Bu. Corn	24	50	15	40	50		105	15
20 Bu. Oats		8	20	50	50			100
24 lbs. Tobacco							1	1
25 bales Cotton		30	40	24	12	10		10
26 lb. Wool	10
27 Bu. Peas		12	7	20	20	5	19	5
28 Bu. Pot.			20	14	2		15
32 Mkt. Gar. $	30	130	60	60	60	10	30	120
44 Maple sugar, lb.	19	100			1		10	18
46 gal. Sorghum		7		1	10
47 lb. Beeswax		50		10	30	20	350
49 $ For. Prods.	25	35	65	50	40	20	50	100
50 $ Home Manf.	200	230	194	210	150	290	250	110
52 $ Farm Income	637	934	835	985	621	442	827	465

1870 Schedule items with no entry:

04 acres, Other
21 Bu. of Rice
22 Bu. Barley
23 Bu. of Rice
29 Bu. Swt. Pot.
30 $ Fruit
31 Wine, gal.
33 lb. Butter
34 Cheese, lb.
35 Milk, gal.
36 tons Hay
37 Clover seed, Bu.
38 Grass seed, Bu.
39 Hops, lb
40 Hemp, tons
41 Flax, lb.
42 Flax seed, Bu.
43 Silk cocoons, lb.
45 Cane Sugar, 100,000 lb.
48 lb. Honey
51 $ Slaughtered Animals
53 Comments

1860 and 1870 Wayne Co., TN Agriculture Schedules