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South Carolina Free Common Schools Attendance for Year Ending June 24, 1870

County

White

Colored

Total
Males 

Total
Females

Grand
Total

Male 

Female

Total

 Male

 Female

 Total

Abbeville

64

68

132

609

608

1,217

673

676

1,349

Anderson

494

490

981

116

193

309

610

683

1,293

Barnwell

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

766

Beaufort

114

100

214

950

821

1,771

1,064

921

1,985

Charleston

943

1,288

2,231

2,011

2,057

4,068

2,954

3,345

6,299

Chester

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chesterfield

477

443

920

84

78

162

561

521

1,082

Clarendon

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Colleton

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Darlington

-

-

320

-

-

558

404

474

878

Edgefield

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Fairfield

106

102

208

490

531

1,021

596

633

1,229

Georgetown

-

-

104

-

-

1,240

732

612

1,344

Greenville

325

278

603

64

87

151

389

385

754

Horry

-

-

286

-

-

153

-

-

439

Kershaw

107

84

191

277

263

540

384

347

731

Lancaster

246

190

445

175

116

291

421

315

736

Laurens

86

75

161

193

254

447

279

329

608

Lexington

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

158

Marion

-

-

837

-

-

671

-

-

1,508

Marlboro

-

-

93

-

-

244

-

-

337

Newberry

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Oconee

-

-

362

-

-

73

215

220

435

Orangeburg

109

107

216

596

495

1,091

705

602

1,307

Pickens

-

-

221

-

-

18

-

-

239

Richland

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,658

Spartanburg

-

-

1,399

-

-

259

853

805

1,658

Sumter

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,010

Union

263

261

524

378

447

825

641

708

1,349

Williamsburg

-

-

115

-

-

216

-

-

331

York

-

-

556

-

-

569

525

600

1,125

Totals

3,334

3,495

11,122

5,943

5,950

15,891

12,006

12,156

30,448

This information comes from the Legislative "Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly" for the years 1870-1871.

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