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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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