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containing a collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c., relating to its history and antiquities, together with geographical and statistical descriptions : to which is appended, an historical and descriptive sketch of the District of Columbia : illustrated by over 100 engravings, giving views of the principal towns, seats of eminent men, public buildings, relics of antiquity, historic localities, natural scenery, etc., etc.

Howe, Henry (1816-1893)

LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL OR OUTLINE HISTORY.

MISCELLANIES.

OUTLINE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA.

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HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE.

ORIGIN OF THE APPELLATION "OLD DOMINION."

SLAVERY AND TOBACCO.

INDIANS OF EASTERN VIRGINIA.

LISTS OF VIRGINIANS WHO HAVE HELD HIGH PUBLIC STATIONS.

EXTRACTS FROM THE ANCIENT LAWS OF VIRGINIA.

LIFE IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.

LIFE IN EASTERN VIRGINIA.

STATISTICS AND CENSUS OF THE COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA.

HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Errata.

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STATISTICS AND CENSUS OF THE COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA.

The subjoined statistical table of the various counties of Virginia, is from the U. S.
statistics and census of 1840. It presents a view of the relative agricultural, manufacturing,
and mercantile wealth of the various counties.

Explanation of the Table.—The columns of neat cattle, sheep, and swine, show the
number of thousands of those animals. The columns of wheat, rye, Indian corn, oats,
and potatoes, give the number of thousand bushels annually produced. The columns
of tobacco and cotton, give the number of thousand pounds produced. The columns
of capital in stores, and in manufactures, give the number of thousand dollars thus
invested. The column of scholars in schools and academies, as well as those of the
slaves and population, are carried out in full.

It will be observed there are some blanks. These are left so, either from the fact
that there are no statistics of sufficient amount for record, or that the marshals employed
to take them, made no returns to the general government.

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Counties.	Neat cattle.	Sheep.	Swine.	Wheat.	Rye.	Indian corn.	Oats.	Potatoes.	Tobacco.	Cotton.	Capital in stores.	Cap. in manufactories.	Scholars in schools.	Slaves.	Population.
Accomac	14	10	27	14		643	453	113			125	73	751	4,630	17,096
Albemarle	15	21	35	327	117	712	216	29	2409		302	261	786	13,809	22,924
Alleghany	3	4	5	25	9	71	59	9	42		2	29	88	547	2,749
Amelia	6	8	13	51		245	106	58	1871	6	42	21	206	7,023	10,320
Amherst	8	6	17	113	11	381	145		2106	2	78	112	674	5,577	12,576
Augusta	21	20	34	324	92	384	245	48			117	138	693	4,145	19,628
Bath	9	11	8	31	27	118	79	32			32	40	196	347	4,300
Bedford	16	15	31	206	7	537		22	3442		70	11	197	8,864	20,203
Berkley	9	13	25	287	38	391	136				123	356	727	1,919	10,972
Botetourt	9	13	21	197	22	299	185		708		152	23		2,925	11,679
Braxton	3	3	6	9		67	21		4		11	21		064	2,575
Brooke	5	34	11	140	5	135	144	63			83	450	746	091	7,948
Brunswick	11	6	19	27		329	116		2141	13	56	25	282	8,805	14,346
Buckingham	12	15	22	169	1	439	227	21	2453	11	191	226	656	10,014	18,786
Cabell	9	10	20	39	½	379	96	17	6		67	32	339	567	8,163
Campbell	11	14	21	178		482	228	23	3257	4	1690	398	585	1,045	21,030
Caroline	10	9	19	81	13	576	120	19	774	20	132	5	589	9,314	17,813
Charles City	2	2	6	36		118	45	4		2	16	11	140	2,433	4,774
Charlotte	10	15	22	65		509	247	15	4181	19	134	44	585	9,260	14,595
Chesterfield	7	7	17	34		285	156	10	680	6	20	935	420	6,781	17,148
Clarke	6	8	15	258	17	267	91	20				60	281	3,325	6,353
Culpeper	11	15	20	122	14	390	128	21	29		126	78	769	6,069	11,393
Cumberland	6	10	10	61		247	122		2896	23	163	107	263	6,781	10,399
Dinwiddie	10	8	20	37		284	137	18	2219	71	1921	781	894	9,947	22,558
Elizabeth City	2	1	5	19		80	14	11		½	46	23	274	1,708	3,706
Essex	7	7	13	74	¼	419	40	15	4	15	140	53	378	6,756	11,309
Fairfax	13	6	10	27	6	158	67	8	13				265	3,453	9,370
Floyd	6	8	13	24	13	73	77	20	18		11	4	160	321	4,453
Fauquier	26	35	37	362	35	670	307	57	55		381	126	1521	10,708	21,897
Fluvanna	5	6	9	62		182	71	8	1279		126	97	418	4,146	8,812
Franklin	12	12	32	97	7	430	184	18	2508	3	119	74	367		15,832
Frederick	7	13	13	173	31	300	135	37			237	226	274	2,302	14,242
Fayette	4	5	7	11	4	105	64	15			20	30		133	3,924
Giles	7	10	13	45	35	163	69	17	13		34	33	223	574	5,307
Gloucester	8	5	14	56		307	62	13	8		87	28	314	5,791	10,715
Goochland	6	5	11	80		259	170	10	4501	5	80	2	139	5,500	9,760
Grayson	14	18	22	28	17	219	143	34			40	5	252	492	9,087
Greene	3	3	7	40	15	124	33	8	490	1	21	24	372	1,740	4,232
Greenbrier	14	19	12	69	43	207	198	32			112	69	231	1,214	8,695
Greensville	5	4	16	9		230	93	11	346	573	39	27	200	4,102	6,366
Halifax	14	17	31	78		598	281	16	6209	22	171	209	809	14,216	25,936
Hampshire	15	27	18	179	52	471	174	71			158	63	577	1,403	12,295
Hanover	10	9	14	48	18	350	177	26	615	23	20	36	417	8,394	14,968
Hardy	24	15	13	87	18	411	41	32			69	75	218	1,131	7,622
Harrison	5	3	33	136	7	421	226	62	23		99	131	436	693	17,699
Henrico	5	2	12	39	3	248	138	12	33	1	5340	1384	1862	13,237	33,076
Henry	6	5	16	40		206	74	12	1623	3	33	14	466	2,852	7,335
Isle of Wight	6	½	23	4		291	29	77		31	67	36	397	3,786	9,972
Jackson	5	3	11	28		117	40	5	5		16	2	153	87	4,890
James City	3	1	5	17		86	35	3	8	6	21	6	129	1,947	3,779
Jefferson	12	67	72	517	43	99	72	151			320	344	737	4,157	14,082
Kanawha	7	4	8	14		203	23	8			117	50	408	2,560	13,567
King and Queen	8	3			3	343	36	14	8	42	21	60	548	5,937	10,862
King George	5	5	7	38	4	254	37	6	23	4	21		189	3,382	5,927
King William	6	5	13	59	6	350	45	17	11	56	54	51	349	5,780	9,258
Lancaster	3	2	8	26			44	7		10	30	2	140	2,478	4,628
Lee	10	10	34	37	7	446	103	23	23		17	31	138	580	8,441
Lewis	12	15	20	47	5	253	80	24	12		59	31	219	124	8,151
Logan	5	2	10	7		871	28	11	9		28		370	150	4,309
Loudon	27	32	39	573	82	892	225	53	1		275	196	1274	5,273	20,431
Louisa	11	13	20	221	1		158	15	2431		111	70	591	9,010	15,433
Lunenburg	7	9	16	27		275	138	10	2640	19	111		230	6,707	11,055
Madison	7	9	13	101	24	272	33	13	149	9	48	133	397	4,308	8,107
Mason	8	9	17	70	2	299		20	9		33	8	241	808	6,777
Marshall	5	7	9	83	2	146	103	30			19	13	70	46	6,937
Matthews	4	2	9	9		171	54	17		25	34	35	349	3,309	7,442
Mecklenburg	14	14	32	77		472	224	25	4124	19	303	50	520	11,915	20,724
Mercer	3	4	5	13	5	56	28	8	3		4	65	24	98	2,233
Middlesex	4	3	7	17	1	122	21	8	1	3	26	29	202	2,209	4,392
Monongalia	16	29	20	166	6	381	320	62	15		66	43	653	260	17,368
Monroe	12	20	14	68	39	209	124	23			229	65	179	868	8,422
Montgomery	10	13	17	106	21	209	114	18	241		126	59	442	1,473	7,405
Morgan	3	4	6	38	14	63	42	17	1		44	9	347	134	4,253
Nansemond	7	4	23	5		316	34	80		154	157	70	424	4,530	10,795
New Kent	4	3	9	22		140	51	8		4	21		287	3,385	6,230
Nicholas	4	5	5	4	3	56	38	11	4		40	7	77	72	2,515
Norfolk	8	3	19	3		260	35	35		1	1985	250	1085	7,845	21,092
Northampton	4	5	12	¼		297	197	52		6	39	41	186	3,620	7,715
Northumberl'nd	6	4	12	28		179	55	20		12	56	10	180	3,243	7,924
Nottoway	6	7	10	42		249	70	8	2213	21	55	49	195	7,071	9,719
Nelson	8	8	20	128	36	327	91	19	2229	1	258	50	345	5,967	12,287
Ohio	4	27	10	125	2	254	146	43			465	520	1089	212	13,357
Orange	7	11	15	98	8	395	92	21	416	2	95	115	348	5,364	9,125
Page	5	5	13	105	30	156	29	15	7		99	87	257	781	6,194
Patrick	7	6	24	28	3	223	69	13	618		21	14	120	1,842	8,032
Pendleton	14	21	13	66	36	130	51	36			63	51	235	462	6,940
Pittsylvania	19	19	42	142	6	679	334	24	6439	18	200	222	1012	11,588	26,398
Pocahontas	7	10	5	18	21	41	50	21			12	28	133	219	2,922
Powhatan	5	7	9	54		189	138	7	1850		28	43	219	5,129	7,924
Preston	7	12	9	3	18	43	130	35	4		109	45		91	6,866
Prince Edward	8	12	15	57		304	129	13	3107	11	124	204	517	8,576	14,069
Princess Anne	11	7	21	7		299	85	37		1	2	10	238	3,087	7,285
Prince William	7	8	9	47	4	180	105	6	5		66	22	118	2,767	8,144
Prince George	3	3	6	31		177	35	6	115	23	5	12	117	4,004	7,175
Pulaski	7	10	12	46	17	144	80	15			54	32	136	954	3,739
Randolph	10	14	9	27	7	151	87	30	7		65	27	108	216	6,208
Rappahannock	9	13	18	180		310	94	24	5		93	35	502	3,663	9,257
Roanoke	5	6	11	141	14	182	98	6	599		47	40	196	1,553	5,449
Rockbridge	13	20	26	264	70	505	249	36	294		169	131	883	3,510	14,284
Rockingham	20	24	39	375	91	470	248	41	37		304	174	844	1,899	17,344
Russell	14	15	27	59	8	294	142	21			29	29	41	700	7,878
Scott	10	14	24	40	2	294	112	17	7		31	22	206	344	7,303
Shenandoah	11	12	16	164	32	298	105	35			186	178	355	1,033	11,618
Smythe	9	11	16	52	7	221	178	34			29	8	298	838	6,522
Southampton	10	8	44	10	3	554	71	88	25	851	56	6	449	6,555	14,525
Spottsylvania	8	8	12	58		303	102	10	353	4	395	153	649	7,590	15,161
Stafford	5	5	9	31	4	212	68	12	34	760	18	2	195	3,596	8,454
Surrey	4	4	13	9		185	36	34	5	64	47	7	186	2,853	6,480
Sussex	9	8	24	19		405	104		176	477	36	6	363	6,384	11,229
Tazewell	10	11	15	34	13	150	126	16		45	41	11		786	6,290
Tyler	6	12	13	53	2	223	58	35	1		29	42	416	85	6,954
Warwick	2	1	4	11		46	9	2		1	63	218	52	831	1,456
Warren	5	7	13	148	17	219	58	16			83	115	234	1,434	5,627
Washington	14	19	32	107	8	397	296	60			304	43	551	2,058	13,001
Westmoreland	5	4	6	60	1	244	28	7	1	5	67	10	163	3,590	8,019
Wood	8	14	12	71		204	85	22	87		99	17	626	624	7,923
Wythe	14	18	23	86	47	234	152	38			173	72	309	1,618	9,375
York													170		4,720