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fight in the war.
Woodward says, “Madison is not very different than it was in 1861. If you take away the paved roads and the power lines, it hasn’t changed. There are 12,000 people in the county! In 1860, the population was right at 10,000. The industry was primarily agricultural and is still the largest industry today in the county.”
“Nine hundred and sixty seven served in the Confederate army, ten percent, the highest percentage ever to serve in a war. They lost 100. Lost one full percent. The population continued going down until 1960. In 1980, the population of 1861 was surpassed.”
“The people were of English and Scotch-Irish descent. They were mostly farmers, not plantation owners. But the farms averaged 500 to 1000 acres. And there were slaves in Madison. In 1830, half of the total population were slaves. In 1831, the General Assembly met to vote on slavery. Only
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