This study is a case study figuring out the socio-economic status of the residents at that time, analyzing the land status and the population in the 1910’s through the cadastral map, the cadaster(土地臺帳), and the removed family register(除籍簿) of Dangchon village, Gurim-ri, Osan-myeon, Gochang-gun, the site of Donghak Peasant Revolution Leader Jeon Bong-jun’s birthplace and childhood, and yet, the temporal gap was around 20 years. The village, itself did not change greatly. The research method was to figure out the lot number designations, land categories, owners, and terrains from the cadastral map, and then, the cadaster data for 71 land numbers were issued for the analysis of the land classes, areas, and owners. Applying the tax base in the 1910’s, the production at that time was calculated. The main points are as follows First, There are 19 houses in Dangchon Village. Their Total land is 1,629 pyeong(坪). Second, Jeon Bong-jun’s family seems to have made a living by cultivating a small field of 63 pyeong. In particular, the nine people who do not own land are presumed to be poor farmers who live on labor. In fact, the total agricultural harvest produced by fields and rice paddies in Dangchon Village is 66.298 seok(石). Third, Danchon Village has various family name, Therefore, it is not a village with a family name in the majority(集成村) As a result of the analysis, the residents of Dangchon Village showed average 3.489seok(石) per household, and compared to the number of family members, it is presumed that the people were difficult to maintain a living through one-year’s farming at the time of Donghak Peasant Revolution, The poverty and penury became to play a role as economic backgrounds of Donghak peasant Revolution in 1894.