Saturday, January 8, 2011

Virginia Referendum Results 23 May 1861

Yesterday, I went to Richmond to the Library of Virginia, and found a folder containing the returns for the referendum of 23 May 1861 for every county (hat tip to Cenantua).  Several counties for which I did not previously have data are now listed.  In some cases, Gov. Letcher has estimated the majority for or against secession for that county.  (These counties have a ~ after the number).
The folder included returns from the military camps across the Commonwealth.  Interestingly, 38 Virginia soldiers serving in the Virginia Army voted against secession.

County
For Secession
Against Secession
Now in West Virginia?
Accomac
486~


Albemarle
2308
1

Alexandria
958
48

Alleghany
554
12

Amelia
472
0

Amherst
1492
0

Appomattox
805
0

Army
10363
38

Augusta
3130
10

Barbour
857
626
Yes
Bath
403
2

Bedford
2329
1

Berkeley
508
1303
Yes
Boone
317
226
Yes
Botetourt
1207
2

Braxton
553
114
Yes
Brooke
109
721
Yes
Brunswick
840
0

Buchanan
150~


Buckingham
1062
0

Cabell
232
882
Yes
Calhoun
279
81
Yes
Campbell
2504
0

Caroline
1245
0

Carroll
867
130

Charles City
311
1

Charlotte
883
0

Chesterfield
1421
0

Clarke
553
3

Clay
102
102
Yes
Craig
Not found


Culpeper
1051
0

Cumberland
523
0

Dinwiddie
805
1

Doddridge

600~
Yes
Elizabeth City
343
6

Essex
581
0

Fairfax
942
288

Fauquier
1809
4

Fayette
508
223

Floyd
896
20

Fluvanna
880
0

Franklin
1787
3

Frederick
1503
359

Giles
1067
0

Gilmer
338
186
Yes
Gloucester
860
1

Goochland
673
0

Grayson
1077
0

Greenbrier
1016
110
Yes
Greene
604
0

Greensville
322
0

Halifax
1747
0

Hampshire
1110
700
Yes
Hancock
23
743
Yes
Hanover
1240
0

Hardy
768
538
Yes
Harrison
614
1691
Yes
Henrico
1712
0

Henry
925
1

Highland
568
5

Isle of Wight
832
0

Jackson

316~
Yes
James City
239
0

Jefferson
813
365
Yes
Kanawha
520
1697
Yes
King and Queen
873
0

King George
478
1

King William
496
0

Lancaster
432
0

Lee
1005
170

Lewis
422
736
Yes
Logan
518
63
Yes
Loudoun
1621
726

Louisa
1167
0

Lunenburg
905
0

Madison
833
0

Marion

375~
Yes
Marshall
142
1993
Yes
Mason
119
1841
Yes
Mathews
645
0

McDowell
196
17
Yes
Mecklenburg
1286
0

Mercer
871
67
Yes
Middlesex
491
2

Monangalia
110
2148
Yes
Monroe
1189
79
Yes
Montgomery
1395
0

Morgan
126
533
Yes
Nansemond
1012
0

Nelson
1164
0

Norfolk
2001
158

Norfolk City
1172
6

Northampton
505
0

Northumberland
548
47

Nottoway
374
0

Ohio
157
3368
Yes
Orange
853
0

Page
1099
4

Patrick
900~


Pendleton
696
131
Yes
Pittsylvania
2469
0

Pleasants
158
303
Yes
Pocahontas
360
13

Powhatan
451
0

Preston
63
2256
Yes
Prince Edward
688
0

Prince George
364
2

Prince William
841
38

Princess Anne
798
0

Pulaski
603
0

Putnam
216
695
Yes
Raleigh
229
183
Yes
Randolph
148~

Yes
Rappahannock
943
0

Richmond
556
14

Ritchie

400~
Yes
Roane
200~

Yes
Roanoke
853
0

Rockbridge
1728
1

Rockingham
3012
22

Russell
832
89

Scott
842
139

Shenandoah
2513
5

Smyth
1281
0

Spotsylvania
1323
0

Stafford
701
4

Surry
353
0

Sussex
497
1

Taylor

700~
Yes
Tazewell
1406
0

Tucker
106
54
Yes
Tyler
125
880
Yes
Upshur
306
701
Yes
Warren
675
3

Warwick
100~


Washington
1907
20

Wayne
204
427
Yes
Webster
129
26
Yes
Westmoreland
667
1

Wetzel
180
790
Yes
Williamsburg
135
0

Wirt
150
507
Yes
Wise
419
38

Wood
257
1995
Yes
Wyoming
109
105
Yes
Wythe
1168
1

York
300~


zTotal
114,260
20,352

zzTotal
124,896
20,390

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