Table 4.8

PETERSBURG
FIVE FORKS UNIT

 

 

An Archaeological Overview and Assessment
of the Five Forks Unit

Petersburg National Battlefield, Virginia

Table 4.8
Selected Agricultural Data, 1860 Federal Census
for the Northern District of Dinwiddie County
Name
Total
Acres
*Pct.
Imp.
Wheat
Bus.
Corn
Bus.
Tobacco
Lbs.
Milk
Cows
Butter
Lbs.

Mary E. C. Gilliam

2700

30

1015

1750

20000

8

350

J. M. Williams

290

35

130

370

6500

5

100

John R. Wallace (tenant)

-

-

-

125

950

-

-

B. H. Boisseau

560

45

300

750

4000

11

350

E. P. Scott

560

45

256

1150

18000

5

300

James Boisseau

400

63

85

400

2000

5

100

Thos. A. Bass

225

33

126

200

4000

2

30

John H. Harmon (tenant)

-

-

-

225

10000

8

225

J. T. Sydnor

614

33

-

247

6000

1

-

John Roberts (free negro)

89

17

-

175

1000

2

50

L. R. Sydnor (tenant)

-

-

-

150

3000

-

-

Robert Amprey (free negro)

33

36

-

160

1300

-

-

John Driver

167

18

-

90

1000

-

-

Becky Amprey (free negro)

90

56

-

300

4000

3

40

Thomas Walker (free negro)

3.3

100

-

260

2000

-

-

W. T. Barnes

110

37

40

200

1000

3

15

William Dabney

1227

25

250

975

7000

8

200

Thos. Lewis

252

33

20

200

2000

4

50

Archer Williams

90

44

-

175

800

1

-

Joseph Moody

216

33

35

200

1000

4

104

mean values (median acres)

300

 

284

549

6977

4

131

standard deviation

   

344

424

4677

1.3

123

number of entries

309

 

268

344

326

320

297

*pct. imp. =percentage of total acres that were improved

horizontal rule