2. Constitutional Mandate Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution: “ Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers ... The actual Enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct.”

4. 1860 Census Enumeration form (From IPUMS: http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnumForm.shtml )

5. Schedule 1. Free Inhabitants in _________, in the County of ________, State of _________, enumerated by me, on the _____ day of ___________, 1860. ___________________, Ass’t. Marshal. 1. Dwelling houses and number in order of visitation. 2. Families numbered in the order of visitation. 3. The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the 1 st day of June, 1860, was in this family. Description: 4. Age. 5. Sex. 6. Color – White, black, or mulatto. 7. Profession, occupation, or trade of each person, male or female, over 15 years of age. Value of real estate owned: 8. Value of real estate. 9. Value of personal estate. 10. Place of birth, naming the state, territory, or country. 11. Married within the year. 12. Attended school within the year. 13. Persons over 20 years of age who can not read and write. 14. Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict. Schedule 2. Slave Inhabitants in _________, in the County of ________, State of _________, enumerated by me, on the _____ day of ___________, 1860. ___________________, Ass’t. Marshal. 1. Names of slave owners. 2. Number of slaves. Description: 3. Age. 4. Sex. 5. Color. 6. Fugitives from the state. 7. Number manumitted. 8. Deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic. 9. Number of slave houses. 1860 Census Questions (From IPUMS: http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnumForm.shtml )

6. 2000 Census Long Form (1 page of 11) (From IPUMS: http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnumForm.shtml )

7. From MIT Libraries. See http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/census/geography.html for full descriptions of geographies

9. Schedule for 1920 Census - Rutherford, NC Lynda’s great great grandparent?