Breathitt County, KY 1850 Federal Slave Schedule http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ky/breathitt/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for all districts) Page 656-659 This Census was transcribed by Russell Anderson and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2026 by Russell Anderson ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. 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For Slave Color: B - Black Col - Colored M - Mulatto Y - Yellow On occasion, some enumerators will only list a value in this column if it is something other than Black. For Slaves over 100 years old, frequently (not always) the name of the slave is listed. While women were not supposed to be able to own property at the time of these census enumerations, there are numerous entries where the owner of the slaves either has a "female" first name or is identified as "Mrs." CENSUS-YEAR 1850 SLAVE SCHEDULE MICROFILM #M432-223 STATE KENTUCKY COUNTY BREATHITT ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- ================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: BREATHITT DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 1 MICROFILE: M432-223 ENUMERATOR: JOHN HARGIS PAGE NO: 656 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 30, 1850 ================================================================================================= FUGI. #MANU- DEAF Slave Owner # OF DESCRIPTION FROM MITTED DUMB LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX CLR STATE (FREED) BLIND TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) ================================================================================================= LEFT SET OF COLUMNS L-1 Hargis John 1 24 F B . . . . L-2 " " 1 13 F B . . . . L-3 " " 1 18 M B . . . . L-4 Patrich A. B. 1 28 M B . . . . L-5 Henald Alex'r 1 30 F B . . . . L-6 " " 1 20 F M . . . . L-7 " " 1 18 F B . . . . L-8 " " 1 13 F M . . . . L-9 " " 1 11 F B . . . . L-10 " " 1 5 F M . . . . L-11 " " 1 28 M B . . . . L-12 " " 1 15 M B . . . . L-13 " " 1 2 M M . . . . L-14 " " 1 1 M M . . . . L-15 Jett Stephen S'r 1 40 F B . . . . L-16 " " 1 20 M B . . . . L-17 " " 1 14 M B . . . . L-18 " " 1 7 M B . . . . L-19 Crawford Arch 1 68 F B . . . . L-20 " " 1 30 F B . . . . L-21 " " 1 15 F M . . . . L-22 " " 1 5 F B . . . . L-23 " " 1 4/12 F M . . . . L-24 " " 1 40 M B . . . . L-25 " " 1 15 M B . . . . L-26 " " 1 12 M B . . . . L-27 Evins John 1 13 F B . . . . L-28 Broadus W'm 1 25 M B . . . . L-29 " " 1 13 M B . . . . L-30 " " 1 8 M B . . . . L-31 " " 1 6 F B . . . . L-32 Crawford Valentine . . . . . . . . L-33 " " 1 17 F M . . . "for Maranda Spring heir" L-34 " " 1 7/12 F M . . . . L-35 Crawford Oliver 1 18 F B . . . . L-36 " " 1 1 F M . . . . L-37 Crawford Clabourn 1 20 F B . . . . L-38 Sewell Thomas 1 30 F B . . . . L-39 " " 1 26 F B . . . . L-40 " " 1 24 M B . . . . L-41 " " 1 20 M B . . . . L-42 " " 1 17 M B . . . . ================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: BREATHITT DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 1 MICROFILE: M432-223 ENUMERATOR: JOHN HARGIS PAGE NO: 656 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 30, 1850 ================================================================================================= FUGI. #MANU- DEAF Slave Owner # OF DESCRIPTION FROM MITTED DUMB LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX CLR STATE (FREED) BLIND TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) ================================================================================================= RIGHT SET OF COLUMNS R-1 Sewell Thomas 1 14 M B . . . . R-2 " " 1 10 F B . . . . R-3 " " 1 8 F B . . . . R-4 " " 1 8 F M . . . . R-5 " " 1 5 F B . . . . R-6 " " 1 5 F B . . . . R-7 " " 1 1 F B . . . . R-8 " " 1 1 M B . . . . R-9 " " 1 16 M B . . . . R-10 Spencer Jesse 1 34 F B . . . . R-11 Cockrell Simon 1 32 F B . . . . R-12 " " 1 18 M B . . . . R-13 " " 1 18 M B . . . . R-14 " " 1 5 M B . . . . R-15 " " 1 4 M B . . . . R-16 " " 1 1 M B . . . . R-17 Cockrell Harrison 1 14 M B . . . . R-18 Spicer W'm 1 16 F B . . . . R-19 Bohannon H. C. 1 55 F B . . . . R-20 " " 1 30 F B . . . . R-21 " " 1 25 F B . . . . R-22 " " 1 20 M B . . . . R-23 " " 1 18 M B . . . . R-24 " " 1 18 F B . . . . R-25 " " 1 12 M B . . . . R-26 " " 1 7 F B . . . . R-27 " " 1 1 M B . . . . R-28 " " 1 8/12 F B . . . . R-29 Strong Edward O 1 13 F B . . . . R-30 Haddix W'm Sr 1 33 M M . . . . R-31 " " 1 32 F M . . . . R-32 " " 1 30 F M . . . . R-33 " " 1 17 M B . . . . R-34 " " 1 13 F M . . . . R-35 " " 1 10 M B . . . . R-36 " " 1 9 F M . . . . R-37 " " 1 5 M B . . . . R-38 " " 1 3 M M . . . . R-39 " " 1 3 M M . . . . R-40 Isham Gideon 1 47 F M . . . . R-41 " " 1 27 M M . . . . R-42 " " 1 22 M M . . . . ================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: BREATHITT DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 1 MICROFILE: M432-223 ENUMERATOR: JOHN HARGIS PAGE NO: 657 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 10, 1850 ================================================================================================= FUGI. #MANU- DEAF Slave Owner # OF DESCRIPTION FROM MITTED DUMB LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX CLR STATE (FREED) BLIND TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) ================================================================================================= LEFT SET OF COLUMNS L-1 Isham Gideon 1 15 M M . . . . L-2 " " 1 12 M M . . . . L-3 " " 1 6 M M . . . . L-4 " " 1 6 M M . . . . L-5 Noble Nathan 1 14 F B . . . . L-6 Noble Lawson 1 15 F B . . . . L-7 " " 1 1/12 M B . . . . L-8 Noble James 1 24 M B . . . . L-9 " " 1 22 F B . . . . L-10 " " 1 7 F B . . . . L-11 " " 1 6 F B . . . . L-12 " " 1 4 F B . . . . L-13 " " 1 11/12 M B . . . . L-14 Fugate Henly 1 10 M B . . . . L-15 " " 1 8 M B . . . . L-16 McIntosh Absalom 1 7 M B . . . . L-17 Frazier T. J. 1 22 F M . . . "hired" L-18 " " 1 2 M M . . . . L-19 " " 1 1/12 M F . . . . L-20 Campbell Lewis 1 7 F B . . . . L-21 " " 1 7 F B . . . . L-22 Combs Sam'l 1 22 M M . . . . L-23 " " 1 16 M B . . . . L-24 Jett Curtny 1 13 F B . . . . L-25 Strong Edward S'r 1 50 F B . . . . L-26 " " 1 40 F B . . . . L-27 " " 1 22 F B . . . . L-28 " " 1 19 M B . . . . L-29 " " 1 17 F B . . . . L-30 " " 1 11 F B . . . . L-31 " " 1 5 F B . . . . L-32 " " 1 3 M B . . . . L-33 " " 1 4/12 M B . . . . L-34 South J. W. 1 49 M B . . . . L-35 " " 1 35 M B . . . . L-36 " " 1 35 M B . . . . L-37 " " 1 28 M M . . . . L-38 " " 1 28 F B . . . . L-39 " " 1 27 F B . . . . L-40 " " 1 18 M B . . . . L-41 " " 1 14 F M . . . . L-42 " " 1 12 M B . . . . ================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: BREATHITT DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 1 MICROFILE: M432-223 ENUMERATOR: JOHN HARGIS PAGE NO: 657 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 10, 1850 ================================================================================================= FUGI. #MANU- DEAF Slave Owner # OF DESCRIPTION FROM MITTED DUMB LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX CLR STATE (FREED) BLIND TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) ================================================================================================= RIGHT SET OF COLUMNS R-1 South J. W. 1 11 F M . . . . R-2 Johnston Tho's S'r 1 35 F B . . . . R-3 " " 1 23 M B . . . . R-4 " " 1 20 F B . . . . R-5 " " 1 16 F B . . . . R-6 " " 1 12 M B . . . . R-7 " " 1 6 M M . . . . R-8 " " 1 2 M B . . . . R-9 " " 1 2 F B . . . . R-10 Johnston Jesse 1 7 M B . . . . R-11 Combs Buonaparte 1 12 M B . . . . R-12 Spicer Edward 1 62 M B . . . . R-13 Sebastian John 1 21 F B . . . . R-14 Turner Tho's 1 40 F B . . . . R-15 Lucas Harvey 1 22 M B . . . "& Co Heirs" R-16 " " 1 21 M B . . . . R-17 " " 1 45 F B . . . . R-18 Spicer Roger 1 15 F M . . . . R-19 " " 1 6/12 F M . . . . R-20 Brown Ge'o A 1 26 M B . . . "& Co" R-21 " " 1 22 M B . . . . R-22 Strong William 1 24 F B . . . . R-23 " " 1 19 M B . . . . R-24 " " 1 7 M B . . . . ================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: BREATHITT DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 2 MICROFILE: M432-223 ENUMERATOR: SAM'L HARGIS PAGE NO: 659 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 23, 1850 ================================================================================================= FUGI. #MANU- DEAF Slave Owner # OF DESCRIPTION FROM MITTED DUMB LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX CLR STATE (FREED) BLIND TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) ================================================================================================= LEFT SET OF COLUMNS L-1 Davis W'm 1 15 F M . . . . L-2 " " 1 10 F B . . . . L-4 Holland John S'r 1 3 M M . . . . L-6 Hagins Thomas 1 27 F M . . . . L-7 " " 1 25 M M . . . . L-8 " " 1 12 M M . . . . L-9 " " 1 10 M M . . . . L-10 " " 1 8 F M . . . . L-11 " " 1 6 M M . . . . L-12 " " 1 4 M M . . . . L-13 " " 1 3 M M . . . . L-14 " " 1 4/12 F M . . . . L-16 Cockrell Jeremiah 1 27 M B . . . . L-17 " " 1 27 F M . . . . L-18 " " 1 22 M B . . . . L-19 " " 1 9 F M . . . . L-20 " " 1 7 F M . . . . L-21 " " 1 3 F M . . . . L-22 " " 1 1 F M . . . . L-24 Cope James D. 1 35 F B . . . . L-25 " " 1 12 F B . . . . ================================================================================================= If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ =================================================================================================