Valley of the Shadow
The Eve of War
Fall 1859–Spring 1861

1860 Census and Summaries

Churches and Voting Precincts, 1860


In Augusta Bell’s support was so widespread that precinct level breakdowns of parish locations are not useful.

Denominations Bell Douglas
African 2
African Methodist 1
Belvedere 1 0
Catholic 1 0
Dunker 4 1
Eakle's 1 0
Episcopal 3 0
Lutheran 6 0
Madley 1 0
Melancthon 1 0
Mennonite 1 0
Methodist Episcopal 1 0
Mt. Israel 0 1
Mt. Moriah 1 0
Presbyterian 5 0
Seceder 1 0
Shiloh 1 0
St. Paul's 1 0
Unknown 23 2
Denominations High Bell Precincts High Douglas Precincts High Breckinridge Precincts
African 0 0 0
African Methodist 0 0 0
Belvedere 0 0 0
Catholic 0 0 0
Dunker 0 1 1
Eakle's 0 0 0
Episcopal 0 0 1
Lutheran 1 1 1
Madley 1 0 0
Melancthon 0 0 0
Mennonite 0 0 0
Methodist Episcopal 0 0 0
Mt. Israel 0 1 0
Mt. Moriah 1 0 0
Presbyterian 1 1 1
Seceder 0 0 0
Shiloh 0 0 0
St. Paul's 0 0 0
Unknown 3 3 2
High Bell Precincts High Douglas Precincts High Breckinridge Precincts
Lutheran (1) Dunker (1) Dunker (1)
Madley (1) Lutheran (1) Episcopal (1)
Mt. Moriah (1) Mt. Israel (1) Lutheran (1)
Presbyterian (1) Presbyterian (1) Presbyterian (1)
Unknown (3) Unknown (3) Unknown (2)

Note: Precincts that gave “high“ support to a candidate where defined as the 3 districts which gave the highest percentage of support to each candidate. Because this includes only 9 of the 20 voting precincts in Augusta, the church totals do not match those given in the table for the whole county.