US Black Heritage 1880 Census Project, Tennessee

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US Black Heritage Project; USBH 1880 Project

Goal: To create a profile for every Black American enumerated on the 1880 US federal census in Tennessee.

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Total Population of Tennessee in 1880: 1,542,359

Total Black Population of Tennessee in 1880: 403,151

Counties in 1880	Total Pop.	Black Pop.	Spreadsheet	Status/Checked
Anderson	10,820	903
Bedford	26,025	7,489	Spreadsheet #10
Benton	9,780	633	Spreadsheet #2
Bledsoe	5,617	747
Blount	15,985	1,705
Bradley	12,124	1,845
Campbell	10,005	432
Cannon	11,859	1,116
Carroll	22,103	5,579
Carter	10,019	628	Spreadsheet #1
Cheatham	7,956	1,661	Spreadsheet #1
Claiborne	13,373	789
Clay	6,987	399
Cocke	14,808	1,447
Coffee	12,894	1,723	Spreadsheet #2
Crockett	14,109	3,612
Cumberland	4,538	42	Spreadsheet #1	Done/Checked
Davidson	79,026	31,331	Spreadsheet #3 Tab A ready
Decatur	8,498	1,222
De Kalb	14,813	1,151
Dickson	12,460	2,231	Spreadsheet #2
Dyer	15,178	3,912	Spreadsheet #2
Fayette	31,871	22,238
Fentress	5,941	103
Franklin	17,178	3,530
Gibson	32,685	9,145
Giles	36,014	14,189
Grainger	12,384	829	Spreadsheet #12
Greene	24,005	2,152	Spreadsheet #1
Grundy	4,592	438
Hamblen	10,187	1,706
Hamilton	23,642	7,399	Spreadsheet #13
Hancock	9,098	482
Hardeman	22,921	9,608	Spreadsheet #11
Hardin	14,793	2,016
Hawkins	20,610	2,641
Haywood	26,053	17,556	Spreadsheet #5
Henderson	17,430	3,016	Spreadsheet #2
Henry	22,142	6,654
Hickman	12,095	2,246	Spreadsheet #2
Houston	4,295	808	Spreadsheet #2
Humphreys	11,379	1,671	Spreadsheet #1
Jackson	12,008	433	Spreadsheet #2
James	5,187	667
Jefferson	15,846	2,500
Johnson	7,766	470
Knox	39,124	7,244
Lake	3,968	691
Lauderdale	14,918	5,837
Lawrence	10,383	784
Lewis	2,181	218
Lincoln	26,960	6,310
Loudon	9,148	1,758
McMinn	15,064	2,325
McNairy	17,271	2,426	Spreadsheet #2
Macon	9,321	890
Madison	30,874	15,467
Marion	10,910	1,369
Marshall	19,259	4,830	Spreadsheet #10
Maury	39,904	18,171
Meigs	7,117	814
Monroe	14,283	1,292
Montgomery	28,481	13,694
Moore	6,233	785
Morgan	5,156	289
Obion	22,912	4,069
Overton	12,153	342
Perry	7,174	565
Polk	7,269	344
Putnam	11,501	598
Rhea	7,073	773
Roane	15,237	1,906
Robertson	18,861	5,618
Rutherford	36,741	16,493
Scott	6,021	157
Sequatchie	2,565	56
Sevier	15,541	693
Shelby	81,430	46,903	Spreadsheet #7, (Surnames A-G) Spreadsheet #8 (Surnames H-P) Spreadsheet #9 (Surnames Q-Z)
Smith	17,799	3,578
Stewart	12,690	2,757
Sullivan	18,321	1,305	Spreadsheet #1
Sumner	23,625	7,331
Tipton	21,033	10,543
Trousdale	6,646	2,141
Unicoi	3,645	119
Union	10,260	218
Van Buren	2,933	186
Warren	14,082	2,276
Washington	16,181	1,577	Spreadsheet #1
Wayne	11,301	1,069
Weakley	24,538	4,413
White	11,176	988
Williamson	28,313	12,390	Spreadsheet #6
Wilson	28,747	8,455

Thank you to our spreadsheet creation helpers for Tennessee

• Donna Baumann
• Dot Davis
• Danita Zanrè

Sources

• "1880 Census: Volume 1. Statistics of the Population of the United States;" Table V: Population, by Race and by Counties: 1880, 1870, 1860; pages 407-408, Tennessee; image copy, United States Census Bureau, https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-13.pdf : accessed 9 Jan 2024.