History of Western Maryland. J. Thomas Scharf

Longwell, president; Francis Warner, William C. Polk.

      The following statistics in regard to Carroll County are furnished from the census bureau: Total value of real estate assessed for the year ended June 30, 1880, $11,215,3.34; personal property, $5,030,142; aggregate value of real and personal property assessed, $16,245,476. Receipts from taxes for all purposes except schools, $90,687.65; for school purposes, $37,245.47; total receipts from State taxes for all purposes except schools, $14,214.79; total receipts from State taxes (or apportionment) for schools, $16,245.47. Expenditures for schools, $37,245.47; State roads or bridges, $11,996.71; poor, $7590; all other purposes, $24,337.95. Total, $81,170.13. The bonded indebtedness is based on the issue of bonds bearing 6 per cent, interest in 1864 and 1865, as bounties for volunteer soldiers, which matured in 1866 and 1867. The amount paid is $10,675; outstanding, $48,325. Assets, par value outstanding taxes in the hands of collectors, $36,390.17; almshouse property, containing 175 acres of land, $15,000. Total, $51,390.17; estimated value, $51,390.17.

      The total population of the county in 1880 was 30,992, of which the males numbered 15,495, and the females 15,497.

      According to the United States census of 1880, the total number of persons in Carroll County who cannot read is 1419, and of those who cannot write 2125. Of the latter, 1209 are native white, 66 foreign white, and 850 colored. Of the white population who cannot write, 95 males and 61 females, total, 156, are between 10 and 14 years of age; 43 males and 49 females, total, 92, are from 15 to 20 years of age; and 383 males and 644 females, total, 1027, are 21 years and over. Of the colored population who cannot write, 43 males and 51 females, total, 94, are from 10 to 14 years old; 42 males and 58 females, total, 100, are from 15 to 20 years; and 320 males and 336 females, total, 656, are 21 years and over.