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

1860 Census and Summaries

Slaveholding and Precinct Crosstabulation


Of the 807 households in the Augusta GIS, 207 owned slaves—or 25 percent.

No slaves 1 slave 2-5 slaves 6-10 slaves 11-20 slaves 21-30 slaves 31+ slaves Total
Staunton, Precinct No. 1 30 2 1 2 5 0 0 40
Staunton, Precinct No. 2 42 0 2 6 3 0 0 53
Waynesborough 30 3 2 2 2 0 0 39
Churchville 43 4 4 1 2 0 0 54
Mt. Sidney 42 0 3 1 1 0 0 47
Middlebrook 19 1 3 1 4 0 0 28
Greenville 13 1 5 1 6 0 0 26
Fishersville 30 2 4 6 1 0 0 43
New Hope 76 7 9 2 3 0 1 98
Mt. Meridian 25 2 7 4 4 0 0 42
Mt. Solon 44 8 3 2 1 0 0 58
Deerfield 25 4 1 2 1 0 0 33
Craigsville 20 3 2 3 0 0 0 28
Stuart's Draft 22 3 1 4 7 1 0 38
Swoope's Depot 30 3 2 4 4 0 0 43
Sherando 19 0 1 0 1 0 0 21
Parnassus 37 0 5 0 2 0 0 44
Spring Hill 28 1 5 1 2 0 0 37
Newport 15 0 2 4 0 0 0 21
Midway 10 0 2 2 0 0 0 14
Total 600 44 64 48 49 1 1 807

The data are based on the GIS of Augusta and Franklin households—maps are derived from a D. H. Davison map of Franklin County, published in 1858, and Jedediah Hotchkiss map of Augusta County, published in 1870 and based on surveys completed “during the war.” The maps have been georeferenced at the Virginia Center for Digital History, using ESRI Arc Info to produce a Geographic Information Systems map and database of households based on U.S. census data from the population, agricultural, and slaveowners schedules.

Note: Original precinct boundaries are not available. Precinct boundaries were established in the GIS using Theissen polygons around precinct stations as central places.