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