Transylvania County Slave Owners, 1862

According to the Transylvania County, Board of Tax Listing from May 3, 1862 there were 414 slaves owned by 70 families in the county.  Most of these families owned only 1 or 2 slaves.  There were 12 families with 10 or more slaves.

Brevard Company (town)
25--McKeown Johnstone
16--J.A. Gadsden
11--J.W. Killian
  6--B.C. Lankford
  4--A.D.B. Allison
  4--W.P. Poor
  3--Jonathan King
  2--Elizar Patton
  2--Wm. Wilson, Jr.
  1--Matthew Wilson
                                                                                 
Catheys Creek Company (township) 
37--Francis Withers Johnstone
36--W.C. Kilgore
12--O.L. Erwin
  8--G.W. Galloway
  8--P.L. Horry
  6--William Duckworth
  5--Giles Glazener, Sr.
  4--Sarah Johnstone
  3--Squire Morgan
  1--H.E. Hull
  1--Rebecca King
  1--Robert Whitmire

Cedar Mountain Company (township)
3--Micjah Thomas
2--C.C. Orr
1--C.B. Griffom
1--Baylas Tinsley

Davidson River Company (township)
14--W.C. Johnstone
  7--William Deaver
  6--T.E. Frazier
  5--E.B. Clayton
  5--John Clayton
  2--T.B. Clarkson
  2--S.S. Lyday
  2--Straub Young
  1--A.J. Lyday
  1--J.E. Mackey
  1--Luke Osteen
  1--Charles & Eli Patton
  1--W.D. Perry
  1--John H. Phillips
  1--J.R. Pressley
  1--A.E. Reese

East Fork Company (township)
21--Hume, Robert H.
 9--J.J. Chillom Estate
 9--D.P. Johnstone
 8--J.H. Elliott
 5--H.R. Rutledge
 4--B.T. Aiken (Akins)
 3--J.E. Duckworth
 3--Wm. Mull
 1--A.J. Cisson
 1--W. Sadler
 1--J.A. Shatart

Eastatoe Company (township)
 5--Jonathan Zachary
 3--William Whitmire
 1--J.R. Gillespie
 1--T.G. Henson
 1--Henry Lyon

 Glouster Company (township)
 No recorder ownership

Little River Company (township)
 21--Francis Allison
 18--Joshua Ward
 13--Leander Sams Gash
 10--Carey M. Whitten
  8--Jeremiah Osborne
  5--P.C. Orr
  3--J. P. Jordan
  2--J.S. Sims
  1--J.L. Haddon
  1--Joseph Jordan
  1--Rebecca Lyday
  1--Mary Slagle