by Jim Surkamp on June 15, 2011 550 words

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BOLIVAR:
Free Black Families in 1860 with the number in each:

Fisher 8
Short 5
Bateman 9/Myers 1
Brady 5
Harvey 7
Brown 5
Jones 6
Bateman 13/Myers 3
(1860 Census)

CHARLESTOWN:
Free Black Families in 1860 with the number in each:

Brown 3
Goins 1 (Thomas, a Blacksmith)
Freeman 6
Spellman 3
Chapman 2
Walker 6 (Nancy, a Washerwoman)
Pippin 4
Harris 6
Parker 6
Buckner 5
Webb 1 (Matilda, a Washerwoman)
Brady 1 (James, a Barber)
Welcome 1 (John, a Farmer)
Webb 3
Hunter 3
Dixon 9 (Achilles, a Blacksmith)
Moore 3
Johnson 4 (Martha, a Washerwoman)
Davenport 4 (James, a Blacksmith)
Williams 3 (James, a Butcher)
Brown 3
Hart 4
Blue 7
Redman 4
Warrick 2 (separate households)
Whiting 7
(1860 Census)

HARPERS FERRY:
Free, Black Families in 1860 with the number in each:

Seibert 2 (Jacob, a Cook)
King 5
Trammer 2
Welcome 6 (Anthony, a Blacksmith)
Pippin 5
Harris 5 (Jeremiah, a Plasterer)
(1860 Census)

KABLETOWN:
Free Black Families in 1860 with the number in each:

Hall 7
Newman 8
Johnson 4
Goins 13 (Stephen, Lawson Boatsmen)
Hart 4
(1860 Census)

SHEPHERDSTOWN:
Free, Black Families in 1860 with the number in each:

Hopkins 6
Stripling 5
Ross 4 (Mary, a Washerwoman)
Hopewell 2
Stripling (2nd household) 2
Morrison 2 (Julia, a Washerwoman)
Hopkins (2nd household) 6
Ferguson 1 (James, a Blacksmith)
(1860 Census)

References:

United States. Bureau of the Census; United States. National Archives and Records Service. (1967).
“Population schedules of the eighth census of the United States, 1860, Virginia [microform] (Volume Reel 1355 – 1860 Virginia Federal Population Census Schedules – James City and Jefferson Counties).”

Jefferson, Kanawha, King George, King and Queen, and King William Counties).”
Internet Archives: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music, and Wayback Machine. 27 Oct. 2009. Web. 10 Sept. 2010.

Brown, S. Howell. (1852). “Map of Jefferson County, Virginia from actual survey with the farm limits.” United States. The Library of Congress: American Memory. Maps Collection. Print.

Brown, S. Howell. (1852). “Map of Jefferson County, Virginia from actual survey with the farm limits.” Internet Archives: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music, and Wayback Machine. 27 Oct. 2009. Web. 10 Sept. 2010. 27 Oct. 2009 Web. 10 Sept. 2010.

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