Virginia Statistics 1860 - Slavery

Census Data for the Year 1860

ColumnCategoryVirgina State Total
1Slaveholders holding 1 slave11,085
2Slaveholders holding 2 slaves5989
3Total number of slaveholders52128
4Total number of slaves490,865


County1234
ACCOMACK2501057734507
ALBEMARLE289140130613916
ALLEGHANY3823134990
AMELIA77335367655
AMHERST116776856278
APPOMATTOX88555204600
47326939138696
AUGUSTA1491148115616
BARBOUR1884195
BATH2513115946
BEDFORD222128112910176
BERKELEY69553331650
BOONE5836158
BOTETOURT55413322769
BRAXTON9426104
BROOKE831218
BRUNSWICK145877729146
BUCHANAN01330
BUCKINGHAM106627188811
CABELL251984305
CALHOUN1139
CAMPBELL643214170511580
CAROLINE875872510672
CARROLL311882262
CHARLES CITY26151912947
CHARLOTTE70436099238
CHESTERFIELD168678068354
CLARKE63263443375
CLAY01321
CRAIG6223130420
CULPEPER73466116675
CUMBERLAND40394526705
DINWIDDIE703207182612774
DODDRIDGE771734
ELIZABETH CITY64342772417
ESSEX45263986696
FAIRFAX151595293116
FAUQUIER1168493310455
FAYETTE19963271
FLOYD3737125475
FLUVANNA89555214994
FRANKLIN2741319966351
FREDERICK105564062259
GILES3928145778
GILMER832052
GLOUCESTER68534875736
GOOCHLAND99675376139
GRAYSON3621124547
GREENBRIER61322671525
GREENE37212251984
GREENSVILLE23332684167
HALIFAX12190105114897
HAMPSHIRE61462441213
HANCOCKNANANA2
HANOVER1371109039483
HARDY31181571073
HARRISON5626159582
HENRICO670369233920041
HENRY71524225018
HIGHLAND3925116402
ISLE OF WIGHT122544703570
JACKSON8102555
JAMES CITY32162302586
JEFFERSON149986343960
KANAWHA55332652184
KING AND QUEEN37314496139
KING GEORGE47293143673
KING WILLIAM39243665525
LANCASTER40212592869
LEE3527151824
LEWIS201060230
LOGAN11640148
LOUDOUN124846705501
LOUISA905776510194
LUNENBURG66385457305
MADISON71354554397
MARION1873263
MARSHALL641429
MASON14670376
MATHEWS87523863008
MCDOWELL0000
MECKLENBURG777676012420
MERCER17566362
MIDDLESEX24182042375
MONONGALIA15937101
MONROE60331961114
MONTGOMERY55312832219
MORGAN1133094
NANSEMOND95656195481
NELSON77595546238
NEW KENT18252913374
NICHOLAS16846154
NORFOLK46722414649004
NORTHAMPTON67324003872
NORTHUMBERLAND125554013439
NOTTOWAY38303756468
OHIO201143100
ORANGE57344806111
PAGE5228177850
PATRICK93403182070
PENDLETON18652244
PITTSYLVANIA222136141314340
PLEASANTS12515
POCAHONTAS191064252
POWHATAN56313755403
PRESTON742067
PRINCE EDWARD54505827341
PRINCE GEORGE40123444997
PRINCESS ANNE71855063186
PRINCE WILLIAM44352732356
PULASKI25181571589
PUTNAM26893580
RALEIGH842157
RANDOLPH171656183
RAPPAHANNOCK69343983520
RICHMOND45312592466
RITCHIE621238
ROANE822372
ROANOKE48192592643
ROCKBRIDGE96725693985
ROCKINGHAM104634202387
RUSSELL36251711099
SCOTT5121127490
SHENANDOAH4117117753
SMYTH62272181037
SOUTHAMPTON87534945408
SPOTSYLVANIA34111310317786
STAFFORD255696213314
SURRY28141882515
SUSSEX53364286384
TAYLOR241047112
TAZEWELL52332231202
TUCKER12520
TYLER34818
UPSHUR21751212
WARREN57262291575
WARWICK1110911019
WASHINGTON81353862547
WAYNE9937143
WEBSTER0013
WESTMORELAND118303803704
WETZEL32610
WIRT621123
WISE411366
WOOD331264176
WYOMING10664
WYTHE54302712162
YORK37382261925
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