This book describes the 1840, 1850, and 1860 US Census for Davie County, North Carolina. Most people don't realize that there were five census taken in 1850 and 1860: Population, Slave, Mortality, Agriculture, and Industry. Transcripts for some of these census schedules are included. -- Back cover.

"A Composite Index of Davie County History Books contains indexes for 16 books: History of Davie County, The Historic Architecture of Davie County, Rambling and Reminiscing in Davie County, Cooleemee, Growing up in Davie County, Civil War Roster of Davie County, Images of America Davie County, History of Davie County Schools, Images of America Mocksville, Davie County in World War One, Davie County Veterans' Memorial, Remembering Davie County Protection and Service Personnel, Davie County in the Spanish-American War, Mary Ellen's Diary, 1924, Davie County Mavericks, Davie County Pre-Civil War Census"--Page [4] of book cover.

"I think that we can hold our position here against any force that the enemy can bring against us, as we have an admirable position & are all ready. I can give you no idea when the general attack will take place. It may be this evening, tomorrow or at any moment as both parties are apparently ready & we have nothing to do but pitch in."--Captain Charles C. Blacknall, "Granville Rifles," Company G, 23rd North Carolina Troops, Yorktown, Virginia, April 22, 1862 This work is a compilation of letters and diary entries (and a few other documents) that tell the Civil War experiences of soldiers and citizens from 29 North Carolina counties: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, and Yadkin. The book is arranged chronologically, 1861 through 1865, and a chart at the beginning of each chapter tells the date, subject, document type (letter, diary entry, or other), author, recipient, and the home county and unit of soldiers.