1860 Census and Summaries
1860 Real Estate and Personal Estate Valuation
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).
| 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).