Total Personal Wealth 1860 all districts in Macon
$584,620 East Macon
$420,469 Godfrey
$313,435 Hazard
$742,905 Howard District
$10,295,752 Macon
$500,254 Rutland
$2,591,824 Vineville
$375,508 Warrior
Macon Total Personal Networth $15,824,767
Top Earners in Macon per district in 1860
Macon - John B Ross Personal Estate $332,000 No Real Estate listed NC Merchant
East Macon -Elisha Davis Personal Estate $64,000 Real Estate listed $36,000 VA Planter
Godfrey - Seth Cason Personal Estate $34,300 Real Estate listed $15,000 NC Planter
Hazard - Arthur Foster Personal Estate $73,000 Real Estate listed $20,000 GA Farmer
Howards - William S Holt Personal Estate $86,500 Real Estate listed $53,000 GA Planter
Rutland - Stephen Woodard Personal Estate $35,610 Real Estate listed $12,000 SC NO occupation
Vineville - Leroy Napier Personal Estate $300,000 Real Estate listed $100,000 GA Planter
Warrior - C A Tharp Personal Estate $30,000 Real Estate listed $12,000 GA Farmer
So to put those numbers in perspective in 1860. I took the top 5 states in that list above. Just went to https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1860...
$1,301,280 $1,301,280 in 1860 is worth $40,197,636.67 today
$712,275 in 1860 is worth $22,002,775.46
$333,225 in 1860 is worth $10,293,601.28
$223,125 in 1860 is worth $6,892,519.43
$198,800 in 1860 is worth $6,141,099.66
To explain how much an obscene amount of money is look at this list of what groceries cost in 1860. GROCERIES
Then, as now, a lot of a household’s budget went to food. Here are the costs of some dietary staples of the 1860s:
Rice: 6 cents a pound
Beans: 6 cents for a dry quart
Sugar: 8 cents a pound
Beef: 9 cents a pound
Cheese: 10 cents a pound
Bacon: 12 cents a pound
Butter: 16 cents a pound
Eggs: 20 cents a dozen
Potatoes: 40 cents a bushel
Coffee: $1.20 a pound (for coffee beans, which you then had to roast and grind yourself)
Macon Networth (Does not include the other districts)
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