1850 Census of the Virginia Penitentiary, Richmond City, Henrico Co., VA
Charles S. Morgan, age 50 was Superintendent, of the Penitentiary. He was born
in VA. Residing with him were his wife, Alcinda, age 38, his daughter, Alcinda,
age 15, his son, Charles S., age 14, and his son, Stephen E., age 12.
Also residing: George P. Morgan, age 29, Asst. Keeper, born in VA and John
Moss, age 27, Guard, born in MD.
Inmates
| Name | Race | Yr. Incarcerated | Age in 1850 | Occupation | Born | Crime |
| James Grimes | Mulatto | 1847 | 40 | Shoemaker | VA | Stabbing |
| Joseph Hunt | Mulatto | 1842 | 48 | Shoemaker | NC | Murder |
| Josiah Butler | White | 1847 | 60 | Shoemaker | MD | Murder |
| C. Owens | White | 1848 | 45 | Shoemaker | VA | Murder |
| Jas. Craddock | White | 1848 | 50 | Shoemaker | VA | Murder |
| J. W. Sovegrove | White | 1848 | 37 | Shoemaker | VA | Murder |
| R. Ridgeway | White | 1846 | 32 | Harness Maker | VA | Murder |
| Richard P. Sea | White | 1846 | 32 | Tailor | VA | Murder |
| Thomas D. Betts | White | 1848 | 50 | Tailor | VA | Murder |
| W. D. Simmons | White | 1839 | 41 | Millstone Maker | VA | Murder |
| T. J. Thomason | White | 1848 | 20 | Blacksmith | VA | Murder |
| Bryant Boon | Black | 1839 | 31 | Asce Maker | VA | Murder |
| Nelson Hooper | White | 1845 | 33 | Asce Grinder | VA | Murder |
| Alfred Dodd | White | 1841 | 31 | Blacksmith | VA | Murder |
| A. Goslin | White | 1846 | 34 | Millstone Maker | VA | Murder |
| Thomas F. Marks | White | 1838 | 30 | Weaver | VA | Murder |
| F. Winston | Black | 1846 | 31 | Weaver | VA | Murder |
| D. W. McCure | White | 1843 | 50 | Waever | Ohio | Murder |
| William A. Beard | White | 1847 | 54 | Spooler | VA | Murder |
| G. Brown | White | 1842 | 59 | Spooler | Germany | Murder |
| John Bryant | White | 1847 | 30 | Carpenter | VA | Murder |
| William P. J. Taylor | White | 1848 | 26 | Carpenter | VA | Murder |
| S. Todd | White | 1845 | 42 | Cabinet Maker | VA | Murder |
| Parks D. Sernard | White | 1838 | 29 | Painter | VA | Murder |
| John Perry | White | 1847 | 33 | Carpenter | VA | Murder |
| John Daviderson | White | 1842 | 48 | Jobless | VA | Murder |
| Robert Page | White | 1837 | 43 | Shoemaker | VA | Murder |
| Joseph N. Jones | White | 1849 | 48 | Washer | VA | Murder |
| Betty Richardson | White | 1839 | 49 | Seamstress | VA | Murder |
| Turner Estes | White | 1849 | 39 | Shoemaker | KY | Murder |
| James Southerland | White | 1849 | 49 | Shoemaker | VA | Murder |
| J. F. Schinburger | White | 1849 | 30 | Shoemaker | VA | Murder |
| Robert Mills | Black | 1850 | 39 | Shoemaker | VA | Murder |
| F. Carter | White | 1850 | 23 | Wheelwright | VA | Manslaughter |
| A. Burrus | White | 1848 | 32 | Weaver | VA | Murder |
| J. B. Davis | White | 1849 | 43 | Carpenter | VA | Murder |
| William Cole | White | 1848 | 37 | Carpenter | VA | Murder |
| John Wheeler | Black | 1847 | 24 | Shoemaker | VA | Murder |
| Henry Bass | White | 1850 | 37 | Carpenter | VA | Murder |
| A. Elder | White | 1850 | 48 | Carpenter | VA | Murder |
| Robert Veney | White | 1846 | 44 | Jobless | VA | Murder |
| C. Bryant | White | 1848 | 57 | Spooler | VA | Murder |
| R. Whitmore | White | 1847 | 54 | Quiller | VA | Murder |
| J. Mozingo | White | 1850 | 29 | Asce Maker | VA | Murder |
| Tom Johnson | Black | 1847 | 24 | Blacksmith | VA | Murder |
| Robert Alfred | Mulatto | 1847 | 27 | Carpenter | VA | Murder |
| Tom Harris | Black | 1843 | 30 | Shoemaker | VA | Murder |
| N. B. Sprinkle | White | 1849 | 46 | Quiller | VA | Murder |
| John Binford | Mulatto | 1849 | 35 | Shoemaker | VA | Murder |
| Martin Freeman | Mulatto | 1844 | 40 | Blacksmith | Maine | Stabbing |
| M. S. C. Shelly | White | 1845 | 34 | Tailor | VA | Murder |
| James Cooke | Black | 1846 | 25 | Asc Maker | VA | Murder |
| Jese Bates | Mulatto | 1847 | 37 | Weaver | VA | Assault |
| John Kieser | Mulatto | 1848 | 38 | Carpenter | VA | Murder |
| A. Artey | Black | 1849 | 30 | Seamstress | VA | Murder |
| J. Holley | Black | 1847 | 25 | Blacksmith | VA | Wounding |
| E. Byars | Mulatto | 1845 | 45 | Weaver | VA | Pi--ining |
| S. Burgess | White | 1847 | 30 | Shoemaker | VA | Rape |
| William Anderson | White | 1848 | 25 | Carpenter | VA | Rape |
| F. Hyson | White | 1848 | 30 | Asce Maker | VA | Rape |