9/27/1850 Sourthern Div, Bedford Co, VA. The census taker found aver y wealthy farmer living there and recorded: Lewis C Arthur, 55,farmer w ith $15,000 worth of land. It may have been divided betweentwo planta tions as he was also on two different slave schedules thatyear (see be low). In his family were wife Nancy, 51, and children:Albert, 27, a s heriff: James L, 16, laborer; Martha E. 14; William C,10; and Sarah D, 8 . In the same division were Uncle John Arthur andhis son, Zenus.
Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
Name: Lewis C. Arthor
State: VA
County: Bedford County
Township: Southern Div.
Year: 1850
Record Type: Slave Schedule
Page: 209
Database: VA 1850 Slave Schedule
Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
about Lewis C. Arthor Name: Lewis C. Arthor
State: VA
County: Bedford County
Township: Southern Div.
Year: 1850
Record Type: Slave Schedule
Page: 212
9/13/1860 Northern Dist, PO Big Island, Bedford Co, VA. Before thene xt census, the property of farmer Lewis C Arthur, 63, had increasedimm ensely to $37,000/38,600. The personal property figure would haveincl uded the value of his many slaves. In the family were wife NancyR, 60 , Milton (William?) C, 20, student; Sallie, 18, and teacherMilton J Jo nes, 28, a teacher with $250 worth of personal property.
Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
Name: Lewis C. Arthur
State: VA
County: Bedford County
Township: S. Revinew Dist.
Year: 1860
Record Type: Slave schedule
Page: 355
Database: VA 1860 Slave Schedule
