Floyd County, KY 1850 Federal Slave Schedule http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ky/floyd/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for all districts) Page 825-829 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 #M432-224 STATE KENTUCKY COUNTY FLOYD ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: FLOYD DISTRICT: MY DISTRICT MICROFILE: M432-224 ENUMERATOR: DAVID COLEY PAGE NO: 825 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 25, 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 Garrett Sarah 1 28 M M . . . . L-2 " " 1 14 F B . . . . L-3 " " 1 12 F B . . . . L-4 Layne Elizabeth M 1 28 F B . . . . L-5 " " 1 10 M M . . . . L-6 " " 1 7 F B . . . . L-7 " " 1 5 F B . . . . L-8 " " 1 3 F B . . . . L-9 Stratton Harry 1 20 M B . . . . L-10 " " 1 18 M B . . . . L-11 " " 1 17 F B . . . . L-12 Stratton Solomon 1 60 F B . . . . L-13 Stratton John J 1 17 F B . . . . L-14 Stratton Polly 1 32 F B . . . . L-15 " " 1 1 M B . . . . L-16 Layne James S 1 65 F B . . . . L-17 " " 1 51 F B . . . . L-18 " " 1 40 M M . . . . L-19 " " 1 35 F B . . . . L-20 " " 1 35 M B . . . . L-21 " " 1 30 M B . . . . L-22 " " 1 18 M B . . . . L-23 " " 1 24 F M . . . . L-24 " " 1 15 M B . . . . L-25 " " 1 20 M B . . . . L-26 " " 1 14 M B . . . . L-27 " " 1 12 M B . . . . L-28 " " 1 9 F B . . . . L-29 " " 1 4 M B . . . . L-30 " " 1 2 M B . . . . L-31 " " 1 9 F M . . . . L-32 " " 1 4 F M . . . . L-33 Hatcher James G 1 25 M B . . . . L-34 " " 1 24 F B . . . . L-35 " " 1 14 F B . . . . L-36 " " 1 1 M B . . . . L-37 Cecil William 1 41 F B . . . . L-38 " " 1 8 F B . . . . L-39 " " 1 6 F B . . . . L-40 Webb Jonathan 1 18 M B . . . . L-41 Nesbitt John J 1 27 F B . . . . L-42 Mays Lewis P 1 12 F B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: FLOYD DISTRICT: MY DISTRICT MICROFILE: M432-224 ENUMERATOR: DAVID COLEY PAGE NO: 825 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 25, 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 Harris John B 1 24 F B . . . . R-2 " " 1 6 M M . . . . R-3 " " 1 2 M M . . . . R-4 Johns Thomas P 1 16 F B . . . . R-5 Spurlock Martha 1 20 M M . . . . R-6 Pendleton James 1 13 M M . . . . R-7 Slone Isom 1 15 M B . . . . R-8 " " 1 10 M B . . . . R-9 Slone Shadrick 1 70 F B . . . . R-10 Mayo William J 1 17 F M . . . . R-11 Martin John 1 33 F M . . . . R-12 " " 1 30 M B . . . . R-13 " " 1 25 F B . . . . R-14 " " 1 10 F M . . . . R-15 " " 1 8 M B . . . . R-16 " " 1 6 F B . . . . R-17 " " 1 5 M M . . . . R-18 " " 1 3 M B . . . . R-19 " " 1 1 F B . . . . R-20 Martin Joel 1 40 F B . . . . R-21 " " 1 19 M M . . . . R-22 " " 1 11 F B . . . . R-23 Salyers William 1 10 F M . . . . R-24 Grastrad Joseph A 1 31 M B . . . . R-25 Lackey Alexander 1 46 F B . . . . R-26 " " 1 47 M M . . . . R-27 " " 1 28 M B . . . . R-28 " " 1 25 M B . . . . R-29 " " 1 19 M B . . . . R-30 " " 1 14 F M . . . . R-31 " " 1 11 F B . . . . R-32 " " 1 8 M B . . . . R-33 " " 1 4 F B . . . . R-34 " " 1 30 F B . . . . R-35 Lackey James M 1 40 M M . . . . R-36 " " 1 32 F M . . . . R-37 " " 1 32 M B . . . . R-38 " " 1 17 F M . . . . R-39 " " 1 15 F M . . . . R-40 " " 1 13 M M . . . . R-41 " " 1 10 M M . . . . R-42 " " 1 9 M M . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: FLOYD DISTRICT: MY DISTRICT MICROFILE: M432-224 ENUMERATOR: DAVID COLEY PAGE NO: 829 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 6, 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 " " 1 7 F M . . . . L-2 " " 1 6 M M . . . . L-3 " " 1 4 M M . . . . L-4 Arnett Ruben 1 36 F B . . . . L-5 " " 1 12 M M . . . . L-6 Power John 1 22 F B . . . . L-7 " " 1 2 M M . . . . L-8 Praten William 1 27 F B . . . . L-9 " " 1 5 F B . . . . L-10 " " 1 2 F B . . . . L-11 " " 1 1 M B . . . . L-12 Harris Joseph S 1 46 M M . . . . L-13 Hereford James H 1 50 F B . . . . L-14 " " 1 12 F B . . . . L-15 " " 1 9 M B . . . . L-16 " " 1 7 M B . . . . L-17 " " 1 6 F B . . . . L-18 " " 1 4 M B . . . . L-19 Trimble Edwin 1 36 F B . . . . L-20 " " 1 18 M B . . . . L-21 " " 1 15 F B . . . . L-22 " " 1 14 F B . . . . L-23 " " 1 11 M B . . . . L-24 " " 1 9 F B . . . . L-25 " " 1 7 F B . . . . L-26 " " 1 4 F B . . . . L-27 " " 1 2 F B . . . . L-28 Dawson Samuel P 1 30 M B . . . . L-29 " " 1 25 F B . . . . L-30 " " 1 25 F B . . . . L-31 " " 1 12 M B . . . . L-32 " " 1 10 F B . . . . L-33 " " 1 7 M B . . . . L-34 " " 1 7 M B . . . . L-35 " " 1 5 M B . . . . L-36 " " 1 1/12 M B . . . . L-37 Wireman Abraham 1 42 F B . . . . L-38 " " 1 17 F B . . . . L-39 " " 1 8 M B . . . . L-40 " " 1 6 M B . . . . L-41 " " 1 4 M B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: FLOYD DISTRICT: MY DISTRICT MICROFILE: M432-224 ENUMERATOR: DAVID COLEY PAGE NO: 829 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 6, 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 Clark Morgan 1 25 M B . . . . R-2 Walker Elizabeth 1 35 F M . . . . R-3 Langhon Disa 1 40 F M . . . . R-4 Harris Henry C 1 25 M B . . . . R-5 Gearhart Adam 1 55 M B . . . . R-6 " " 1 41 M B . . . . R-7 " " 1 37 F M . . . . R-8 " " 1 26 F M . . . . R-9 " " 1 15 F B . . . . R-10 " " 1 14 F B . . . . R-11 " " 1 13 F B . . . . R-12 " " 1 11 M B . . . . R-13 " " 1 9 M B . . . . R-14 " " 1 5 F B . . . . R-15 " " 1 4 F B . . . . R-16 " " 1 2 M B . . . . R-17 " " 1 1 M B . . . . R-18 Friend John 1 60 F B . . . . R-19 Martin John P 1 33 M B . . . . R-20 " " 1 19 F M . . . . R-21 " " 1 18 M B . . . . R-22 Harris James P 1 31 F M . . . . R-23 " " 1 2 F M . . . . R-24 " " 1 2/12 F M . . . . =============================================================================================== 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/ ===============================================================================================