1860 Manufactures
Wilkinson County, Ga.
Type Number Capital Invested Hands Cost of Labor Annual Value of Products
Boots and Shoes 3 2,650 9 males 3,120 8,550
Carriages 1 1,500 5 males 2,100 6,500
Leather 1 2,000 2 males 480 2,800
Lumber, sawed 12 30,790 57 males, 1 female 11,968 66,236
Wagons, carts, etc. 3 300 2 males 312 600
source: Population of the United States in 1860; compiled from the original returns of the eighth census, by Joseph C. G. Kennedy, Superintendent of Census. 1864

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