Franklin and Augusta: Cash Value of Farms in the Counties, 1850 and 1860

This graph compares the per capita value of farms in Augusta and Franklin with Virginia, Pennsylvania, the South, the North, and the U.S. In the 1850s the South, Virginia, and Augusta all exceeded or gained significant ground on the North, Pennsylvania, and Franklin.

U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census [1850]. Population of the United States in 1850, Compiled from the Original Returns of the Seventh Census. Washington, D. C., 1854. U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census [1860]. Population of the United States in 1860, Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eighth Census. Washington, D. C., 1864.