1860 Census and Summaries
Laborers in the Counties
This table shows the percentage of various laboring occupations that owned at least some real or personal wealth and their average ages. Laborers in both counties accumulated some real and personal wealth.
| Augusta | Franklin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Average Age | Own Real Estate | Own Personal Prop. | Average Age | Own Real Estate | Own Personal Prop. |
| Laborer | 29 | 6 % | 38 % | 35 | 24 % | 65 % |
| Day Laborer | 28 | 6 % | 44 % | 35 | 20 % | 65 % |
| Farm Laborer | 34 | 11 % | 47 % | 24 | 6 % | 26 % |
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)