1 female under 5 11 slaves The 1870 census of Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia lists Robert McGough, age 83, a retired farmer with real estate worth $6000 and personal property worth $1600, living with his wife Sandel, age 77, who was "keeping house," Margaret McGough, age 83, who wa...
Elsewhere, Roper stated that no female of any age was employed in mining. It was not necessary to employ child labour as there was a surplus of adult workers. He described the “hurriers” in the collieries of Kilkenny – Queen’s County going along the narrow low passages of seldom more...