Real Estate and Personal Estate Valuation, 1860
Augusta County's massive personal estate valuation represented holdings in human property--slaves. In the value of real and
personal estate, Augusta County's white residents held wealth on a per capita basis double that of the residents of Franklin
County ($1112 per capita in Augusta to $633 in Franklin).
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Augusta (in dollars) |
Franklin (in dollars) |
Real Estate |
13,850,766 |
20,079,556 |
Real per capita |
499 (all) |
476 |
Personal Estate |
10,113,154 |
6,586,922 |
Personal per capita |
364 (all) |
156 |
Total Wealth |
23,963,930 |
26,666,478 |
Total per capita |
863 (all persons) 1,112 (for whites) |
633 |
U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census [1860]. Population of the United States in 1860, Compiled from the Original Returns of the
Eighth Census. Washington, D.C., 1864. U.S. Census of Population, 1860. Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
In U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington: National Archives
and Records Administration (Augusta: Reels 1333 and 1387. Franklin: Reels 1111 and 1112).
Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III Real Estate and Personal Estate Valuation, 1860
Points of Analysis to this Data:
"In Augusta, almost every group of white people owned property and homes worth more than their counterparts in Franklin, most
of it tied inextricably to slavery."
"Free blacks of Augusta County lived in tenuous circumstances surrounded by slavery, but they managed to find work, and some
acquired significant property in the community."
Citation: Key = E117
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