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1855-1879
Footnotes
During 1856, school enrollment in Cumberland County was 5,012. There were 60 school districts, and the school budget was $5,686.81.
In 1857, cotton sold for 15.5 cents per pound.
It snowed six times in six weeks in Fayetteville during the first two months of 1856.
In 1858, E.J. Hale of The Fayetteville Observer turned down a lucrative offer to become the editor of the New York World.
Pvt. Gustavas William Buhmann of the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry is credited with shooting U.S. Army Maj. Theodore Winthrop in the heart on June 10, 1861, turned the tide of the Battle of Bethel near Yorktown, Va., the first land battle of the Civil War.
By 1865, the old plank roads were no longer used and the local town officials ordered that the rubbish be removed and sold.
Fayetteville native J.N. Maffitt was reputed to be the best blockade running to get past the Union fleet during the Civil War.
1860 Census
County: 16,369
White: 58 percent
Nonwhite: 42 percent
Slaves: 5,830
Free blacks: 985
Fayetteville: 4,790
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1870 Census
County: 17,035
White: 56 percent
Nonwhite: 44 percent
Blacks: 7,515
Fayetteville: 4,660
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