History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by James William Head
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_Foreign born._ _Foreign White._
Male 59 Male 58 Female 42 Female 42 _Native White--Native Parents._ _Total Colored._ Male 7,583 Male 2,938 Female 8,161 Female 2,931 In 1860, one year before the outbreak of the Civil War, the County held within its boundaries 21,774 souls: 15,021 white, 5,501 slave, and 1,252 free colored. In number of slaves at this period Loudoun ranked thirty-sixth in the list of Virginia counties which then also included the counties now in West Virginia. This number was distributed amongst 670 slave-holders in the following proportions: 1 slave 124 2 slaves 84 3 slaves 61 4 slaves 83 5 slaves 46 6 slaves 39 7 slaves 35 8 slaves 27 9 slaves 22 10 and under 15 slaves 80 15 and under 20 slaves 36 20 and under 30 slaves 23 30 and under 40 slaves 4 40 and under 50 slaves 4 50 and under 70 slaves 1 |
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