1860 U.S. Census (Slave Schedule)

“United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSN-DQ9: 16 October 2019), Virginia > Sussex > Other > image 16 of 29; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Members of the Birdsong family in Sussex County, Virginia enslaved more than a hundred men, women, and children. This is the first of two pages enumerating the 62 individuals held in bondage by Samuel J. Birdsong; the second page appears at the end of this post. The enumerator recorded seven adults 65-80 years old and two children less than one year old and reported that there were four “slave houses” on the property.

The FamilySearch Wiki page gives an overview of the 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedules. The Bureau of the Census website provides the instructions to the US Census Marshalls.

“United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSN-8YD: 16 October 2019), Virginia > Sussex > Other > image 17 of 29; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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