Dade County GA 1840 Census

The 1840 census of Dade County Georgia was read by Sue Forrester and 
proofed by Paul R.L. Vance.

Mr. Vance was the first to transcribe and published the Dade County 1840
census in 1969. And, we all thank him. I considered it a honor when my
friend agreed to proof this transcription.

We have read, re-read and proofed the following transcription trying to be
as accurate as humanly possible. When Mr. Vance originally published the
1840 census, one of his comments was "Ages, information pertaining to
literacy, etc. are copied here as near as possible as in the original
census. This does not mean the census takers, Mr. Hendrix (1840) Mr. Pace
(1850) were accurate. We know from the many subsequent corrections on the
records that Mr. Hendrix couldn't add."

I found this to be very true and therefore, as you read what has been
transcribed here, please note that the information pertaining to numbers
that appear in brackets are our corrections.

Dade County is one of the smaller counties in the state of Georgia. The
topography is that of mountains and ridges with a narrow valley running the
entire length of the county from the Tennessee line to the Alabama line. By
living here and knowing the county, I can see in my mind a lone man riding
horseback traveling back and forth across these mountains, ridges and
valley, trying to locate and record the people who were moving into the
county almost weekly. It had to be a very hard, harsh and difficult ride for
him to make day in and day out until his task was completed.

Therefore, one cannot be judgmental of his efforts.

Sue Forrester
Dade County Georgia