1850 Census of the Virginia Penitentiary, Richmond City, Henrico Co., VA
| Name | Race | Yr. Incarcerated | Age in 1850 | Occupation | Born | Crime |
| H. Ricks | Black | 1847 | 53 | Weaver | VA | Larceny |
| Robert Wright | Mulatto | 1848 | 30 | Weaver | VA | Larceny |
| Charles Scott | White | 1845 | 34 | Quiller | VA | Larceny |
| M. B. Jones | White | 1849 | 46 | Spooler | VA | Larceny |
| William Mason | White | 1840 | 35 | Carder | VA | Larceny |
| Jerry Scott | Black | 1848 | 32 | Wheelwright | VA | Larceny |
| Walter Quarles | Black | 1838 | 37 | Cooper | VA | Larceny |
| J. C. Randolph | White | 1847 | 43 | Engineer | Scotland | Larceny |
| Albert Burr | White | 1847 | 25 | Nurse | New York | Larceny |
| Lucy Gatewood | Black | 1849 | 20 | Seamstress | VA | Larceny |
| Norburne Crane | Black | 1845 | 38 | Cooper | VA | Larceny |
| B. B. Means | White | 1849 | 24 | Carpenter | VA | Larceny |
| Valentine Bowers | White | 1849 | 23 | Blacksmith | VA | Larceny |
| Alfred Smith | Black | 1849 | 22 | Shoemaker | VA | Larceny |
| John McMenrara | White | 1849 | 29 | Blacksmith | Ireland | Larceny |
| John Hines | White | 1849 | 56 | Weaver | New York | Larceny |
| John Allen, Sr. | White | 1849 | 66 | Shoemaker | NC | Larceny |
| John Allen, Jr. | White | 1849 | 44 | Shoemaker | VA | Larceny |
| Peter Begerly | White | 1849 | 65 | Weaver | Germany | Larceny |
| Henry Brown | White | 1849 | 24 | Weaver | KY | Larceny |
| John Murphy | White | 1849 | 26 | Blacksmith | Ireland | Larceny |
| Sam Blannan | Black | 1850 | 30 | Shoemaker | VA | Larceny |
| Presley Day | Black | 1850 | 27 | Shoemaker | VA | Larceny |
| Eliza A. Griffin | White | 1850 | 32 | Seamstress | VA | Larceny |
| Hugh Dunbar | White | 1850 | 45 | Tailor | Scotland | Larceny |
| James M. Smith | White | 1847 | 23 | Wheelwright | VA | Embezzlement |
| Charles Hatcher | White | 1847 | 55 | Spooler | VA | Petit Larceny |
| James E. Puce | Black | 1848 | 23 | Weaver | VA | Petit Larceny |
| John J. Hackney | White | 1847 | 48 | Quiller | VA | Petit Larceny |
| William Servis | Mulatto | 1843 | 40 | Wheelwright | VA | Petit Larceny |
| R. Carroll | White | 1850 | 67 | Jobless | New York | Petit Larceny |
| Erasmus Bedwell | White | 1850 | 24 | Carpenter | VA | Petit Larceny |
| S. Hudgins | White | 1848 | 50 | Shoemaker | NC | Petit Larceny |
| Thomas Clevarger | White | 1849 | 30 | Blacksmith | VA | Petit Larceny |
| Thomas Anderson | White | 1846 | 27 | Ax Maker | Ohio | Petit Larceny |
| Moses Smart | White | 1847 | 60 | Quiller | VA | Petit Larceny |
| R. C. Murcey | White | 1838 | 31 | Carpenter | VA | Petit Larceny |
| Joseph Chancey | White | 1838 | 47 | None Listed | VA | ??? |
| Lucy Jordan | Black | 1850 | 13 | Seamstress | VA | Burning |
| Collie Littleton | Mulatto | 1847 | 48 | Washer | VA | Assaulting |
| Charles Servis | White | 1846 | 26 | Tailor | Ohio | Burglary |
| James H. Stephens | Black | 1847 | 23 | Blacksmith | VA | Burglary |
| William Freeman | Black | 1837 | 36 | Blacksmith | VA | Burglary |
| Thomas Hardy | White | 1849 | 21 | Blacksmith | TN | Burglary |
| Fitz Hunter | White | 1849 | 43 | Blacksmith | VA | Burglary |
| Peyton Hays | Black | 1845 | 27 | Jobless | VA | Burglary |
| Robert Evans | Black | 1849 | 33 | Shoemaker | VA | Burglary |
| Wingfield Butcher | Black | 1849 | 25 | Shoemaker | VA | Burglary |
| John Robinson | Black | 1844 | 33 | Weaver | VA | Burglary |
| William Purcell | White | 1849 | 26 | Shoemaker | KY | Burglary |
| Edward Woodly | White | 1849 | 28 | Quiller | Ireland | Burglary |
| John Saunders | White | 1849 | 33 | Washer | Ireland | Burglary |
| Jane Halestock | Black | 1847 | 33 | Seamstress | VA | Arson |
| Richard Read | Black | 1849 | 21 | Shoemaker | VA | Forgery |
| Benjamin Bowler | White | 1849 | 50 | Quiller | VA | *Mal Cutting |
*Probably means Malicious Cutting.