In the 1860 Census for Holmes County, Florida, I have found the Occupation for males over 16 listed as "Serving." The first 3 or 4 family members, I just jumped to the assumption that they were possibly Servants. But, I finally looked at a couple of pages ahead and a couple of pages behind and realized that in all the different families all the males over 16 that weren't Farm Laborers were listed as "Serving." No note about the occupation, but I'm starting to wonder if this could be a Military thing for Holmes County. It's right before the Civil War, but there may have been other reasons to have a militia of a sort in that county (I don't know about nearby counties). Has anyone else run across this and/or know what this means? Thanks. I've included a sample profile.
