These records were transcribed from National Archives microfilms of the Fauquier County, Virginia, Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Second Series, Slave Population. Each page contains two columns of entries which contain some or all of the following information: Names of slave owners, page number, number of slave, age, sex, color, fugitive from the state, number manumitted, deaf & dumb, blind, insane or idiotic....

Previous census statistics, (1790, 1800), for most of Virginia were lost hence, this 1810 census is the first real glimpse we have. It is useful in identifying the locality to be searched for other types of records for a named individual or family However, the accuracy of the data is not known as the information may not have been factual when gotten from a family member or servant. It is also not complete as some homes were missed, families...