Literacy, Southwest Virginia, Northwest North Carolina and Northeast Tennessee – 1850

County	Free Population	Cannot Read and Write Whites			Cannot Read and Write Free Blacks			Total Illiterate	Percent
County	Free Population	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Total Illiterate	Percent
Virginia
Carroll	5755	313	639	952	2	4	6	958	33.3%
Grayson	6178	59	72	131	0	0	0	131	04.2%
Lee	9480	583	1175	1758	4	11	15	1773	37.2%
Montgomery	6888	199	237	436	4	10	14	450	13.1%
Pulaski	3647	179	313	492	5	6	11	503	23.9%
Scott	9356	330	530	860	–	–	–	860	17.6%
Smyth	7098	186	276	462	20	27	47	509	14.3%
Tazewell	8882	566	940	1506	–	–	–	1506	33.9%
Washington	12481	166	227	393	–	–	–	393	06.3%
Wythe	9839	588	1085	1673	27	27	54	1727	35.1%
State Wide	949133	30244	46761	77005	5141	6374	11515	88520	18.7%
North Carolina
Ashe	8182	219	398	617	6	6	12	629	15.4%
Caldwell	5114	376	717	1093	12	21	33	1126	44.0%
Surry	10308	1035	2128	3163	36	50	86	3249	63.0%
Watauga	3306	196	320	516	2	1	3	519	33.2%
Wilkes	10957	390	577	967	–	–	–	967	17.6%
State Wide	580491	26239	47327	73327	3099	3758	6857	80083	2 7.6%
Tennessee
Carter	5943	364	643	1007	6	5	11	1018	34.3%
Hawkins	11680	259	183	442	7	6	13	455	08.3%
Greene	16731	908	2066	2974	37	32	69	3038	36.3 %
Johnson	3499	251	507	758	–	–	–	758	43.3%
Sullivan	10738	370	401	771	6	18	24	795	14.7%
Washington	12931	816	887	1703	16	19	35	1738	2 6.3%
State Wide	763258	28469	49053	77522	506	591	1097	7 8114	20.5%