This index offers an efficient method of finding slave owners in the Amherst County, Virginia, slave schedules of 1850 and 1860. It covers 591 slave owners in alphabetical order for 1850 and 701 for 1860. In 1850, the total population count for Amherst County was 12,699 and its slave count was 5,953 (2,981 males and 2,972 females). In 1860, the total population for Amherst County had increased to 13,742 with a slave count of 6,278 (3,240 males and 3,038 females). There are nine columns of information for the 1850 index and ten for the 1860 index. Column headings include: numerical order; full...