Grayson County, KY 1850 Federal Slave Schedule http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ky/grayson/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for all districts) Page 160-165 This Census was transcribed by Russell Anderson and proofread by Robert E. Lane 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 #M432-225 STATE KENTUCKY COUNTY GRAYSON ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: GRAYSON DISTRICT: NO LOCATION STATED MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: W L CONKLIN PAGE NO: 160 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 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 Mudd James 1 9 F M . . . . L-2 Rogers Matthew T 1 9 M M . . . . L-3 Ray Sarah P 1 60 F M . . . . L-4 " " 1 40 M M . . . . L-5 " " 1 29 FF M . . . . L-6 " " 1 12 M B . . X Deaf & Dumb L-7 " " 1 10 M B . . . . L-8 " " 1 10 M B . . . . L-9 " " 1 5 F M . . . . L-10 " " 1 1 M B . . . . L-11 Willis Owen 1 39 M B . . . . L-12 " " 1 30 F B . . . . L-13 " " 1 20 M B . . . . L-14 Burtle Andrew 1 45 M B . . . . L-15 " " 1 11 F B . . . . L-16 Pearl George 1 17 M B . . . . L-17 Wortham William C 1 7 F M . . . . L-18 " " 1 5 F M . . . . L-19 Higdon Elexins 1 14 M B . . . . L-20 Pirtle James B 1 16 M B . . . . L-21 " " 1 2 F M . . . . L-22 " " 1 40 F B . . . . L-23 " " 1 33 M B . . . . L-24 " " 1 33 F B . . . . L-25 Borne Joseph 1 18 M B . . . . L-26 Higdon Zachariah 1 12 M B . . . . L-27 " " 1 9 M B . . . . L-28 " " 1 7 F B . . . . L-29 " " 1 6 F B . . . . L-30 " " 1 5 M B . . . . L-31 " " 1 3 F B . . . . L-32 " " 1 8/12 M B . . . . L-33 Talbott Luther J 1 37 F B . . . . L-34 " " 1 20 M M . . . . L-35 Clarkson M P 1 17 M B . . . . L-36 Barret Lewis 1 45 F B . . . . L-37 Durham Page F 1 30 M M . . . . L-38 Munford Theophilus 1 21 M B . . . . L-39 " " 1 21 M B . . . . L-40 " " 1 35 F B . . . . L-41 Larue Squire 1 45 M B . 1 . . L-42 " " 1 45 F M . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: GRAYSON DISTRICT: NO LOCATION STATED MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: W L CONKLIN PAGE NO: 160 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 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 " " 1 45 F B . . . . R-2 " " 1 27 M M . . . . R-3 " " 1 19 M B . . . . R-4 " " 1 18 M M . . . . R-5 " " 1 6 F B . . . . R-6 Abell Edmond 1 14 F B . . . . R-7 " " 1 9 M B . . . . R-8 Howell Henry B 1 50 F B . . . . R-9 " " 1 47 F M . . . . R-10 " " 1 45 M M . . . . R-11 " " 1 42 F B . . . . R-12 Phillips Benjamin 1 60 F B . . X Insane R-13 " " 1 27 M B . . . . R-14 " " 1 25 M B . . . . R-15 " " 1 15 M B . . . . R-16 " " 1 12 M B . . . . R-17 " " 1 11 F B . . . . R-18 " " 1 10 M B . . . . R-19 Higdon Teresa 1 49 M M . . . . R-20 " " 1 37 F B . . . . R-21 " " 1 37 F B . . . . R-22 " " 1 33 M B . . . . R-23 Summers John S 1 44 F B . . . . R-24 " " 1 19 M B . . . . R-25 " " 1 17 F B . . . . R-26 " " 1 15 F B . . . . R-27 " " 1 11 F B . . . . R-28 " " 1 9 F B . . . . R-29 " " 1 7 M B . . . . R-30 " " 1 5 F B . . . . R-31 " " 1 3 F B . . . . R-32 Neighbours Sarah 1 40 F M . . . . R-33 " " 1 28 M B . . . . R-34 " " 1 13 F B . . . . R-35 " " 1 10 M B . . . . R-36 " " 1 7 M B . . . . R-37 " " 1 5 M B . . . . R-38 " " 1 1 M B . . . . R-39 Jarboe Teresa 1 30 F M . . . . R-40 Johnson Absalom 1 35 F B . . . . R-41 " " 1 10 M B . . . . R-42 " " 1 4 F B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: GRAYSON DISTRICT: NO LOCATION STATED MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: W L CONKLIN PAGE NO: 162 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 5, 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 Thomas Jack 1 45 F B . . . . L-2 " " 1 30 F B . . . . L-3 " " 1 24 M B . . . . L-4 " " 1 18 M B . . . . L-5 " " 1 16 M B . . . . L-6 " " 1 14 F B . . . . L-7 " " 1 11 M B . . . . L-8 Cunningham William 1 55 F B . . . . L-9 " " 1 25 M B . . . . L-10 " " 1 22 F B . . . . L-11 Cunningham James S 1 13 F B . . . . L-12 Burtle James 1 60 F B . . . . L-13 Ross James 1 15 M M . . . . L-14 Edelen Joseph 1 23 F M . . . . L-15 " " 1 5 F M . . . . L-16 " " 1 37 M B . . . . L-17 Rogers Evan 1 12 F M . . . . L-18 Vanneter Abraham 1 26 M B . . . . L-19 " " 1 20 M B . . . . L-20 Jones Hanberry 1 5 F B . . . . L-21 Burtle Joseph 1 30 F B . . . . L-22 Rogers Benj L 1 7 F B . . . . L-23 " " 1 2 F B . . . . L-24 Abell Jesse 1 15 F B . . . . L-25 Borne Francis R 1 20 F M . . . . L-26 " " 1 4 F M . . . . L-27 " " 1 1 M M . . . . L-28 Petty Isham 1 21 M B . . . . L-29 Petty Mary 1 43 M B . . . . L-30 " " 1 35 F B . . . . L-31 " " 1 20 M B . . . . L-32 Akers John 1 44 F B . . . . L-33 " " 1 23 F B . . . . L-34 " " 1 22 M B . . . . L-35 " " 1 15 M B . . . . L-36 " " 1 11 M B . . . . L-37 " " 1 13 F B . . . . L-38 " " 1 12 M B . . . . L-39 " " 1 6 F M . . . . L-40 " " 1 1 M M . . . . L-41 Terry John S 1 18 F B . . . . L-42 " " 1 4 F M . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: GRAYSON DISTRICT: NO LOCATION STATED MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: W L CONKLIN PAGE NO: 162 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 5, 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 Gibson James W 1 16 F M . . . . R-2 Hart Jacob 1 9 M M . . . . R-3 " " 1 7 F B . . . . R-4 Shawler Henry 1 30 F M . . . . R-5 " " 1 1 M M . . . . R-6 Ossman Charles A 1 22 F M . . . . R-7 " " 1 12 M B . . . . R-8 " " 1 11 M M . . . . R-9 Bowman William G 1 23 F B . . . . R-10 " " 1 21 M B . . . . R-11 " " 1 18 M B . . . . R-12 " " 1 15 F B . . . . R-13 " " 1 7 F M . . . . R-14 " " 1 2 M B . . . . R-15 Heyser Thomas 1 50 F B . . . . R-16 " " 1 13 M B . . . . R-17 " " 1 12 F B . . . . R-18 Heyser William 1 14 M B . . . . R-19 Barnett William 1 26 M B . . . . R-20 Heyser Elizabeth 1 45 F B . . . . R-21 " " 1 26 M B . . . . R-22 " " 1 23 F B . . . . R-23 " " 1 21 M B . . . . R-24 " " 1 17 M M . . . . R-25 " " 1 3 F M . . . . R-26 " " 1 1 F M . . . . R-27 Phillips Edmond 1 30 M B . . . . R-28 Brown Jamison 1 50 F B . . . . R-29 Heyser Benjamin 1 11 F B . . . . R-30 Heyser Adam 1 8 F B . . . . R-31 Heston Siles 1 16 F M . . . . R-32 Wortham James H 1 40 M M . . . . R-33 " " 1 33 F B . . . . R-34 " " 1 33 F M . . . . R-35 " " 1 25 M B . . . . R-36 " " 1 16 M M . . . . R-37 " " 1 10 M M . . . . R-38 " " 1 7 M B . . . . R-39 " " 1 5 F B . . . . R-40 " " 1 5 F B . . . . R-41 " " 1 2 F B . . . . R-42 " " 1 1 F B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: GRAYSON DISTRICT: NO LOCATION STATED MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: W L CONKLIN PAGE NO: 163 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 15, 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 Stice Rebecca 1 30 M B . . . . L-2 " " 1 18 M B . . . . L-3 " " 1 18 F B . . . . L-4 " " 1 17 M B . . . . L-5 Stinson William 1 53 F B . . . . L-6 " " 1 28 M B . . . . L-7 " " 1 25 M B . . . . L-8 " " 1 23 M B . . . . L-9 " " 1 16 F B . . . . L-10 " " 1 12 F B . . . . L-11 " " 1 9 M B . . . . L-12 Clagett John 1 40 M B . . . . L-13 Tunstall John O 1 11 F M . . . . L-14 Davison Charles 1 17 M B . . . . L-15 Eskridge John 1 70 F B . . . . L-16 Dewesse Pharaba 1 30 F B . . . . L-17 " " 1 23 M B . . . . L-18 " " 1 1 M B . . . . L-19 Brown Dotor G 1 21 F M . . . . L-20 " " 1 19 F B . . . . L-21 " " 1 16 M B . . . . L-22 " " 1 13 M B . . . . L-23 " " 1 2 F B . . . . L-24 Clagett Solomon 1 18 M M . . . . L-25 Vanmeter Jane 1 60 M B . . . . L-26 " " 1 37 F B . . . . L-27 " " 1 22 M B . . . . L-28 " " 1 15 F B . . . . L-29 " " 1 12 M B . . . . L-30 " " 1 9 M B . . . . L-31 " " 1 4 F B . . . . L-32 Porter John 1 45 M B . . . . L-33 " " 1 40 F B . . . . L-34 " " 1 21 M B . . . . L-35 " " 1 18 M B . . . . L-36 " " 1 15 F B . . . . L-37 " " 1 13 M B . . . . L-38 " " 1 12 F B . . . . L-39 " " 1 11 F B . . . . L-40 " " 1 9 M B . . . . L-41 " " 1 7 F B . . . . L-42 " " 1 5 F B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: GRAYSON DISTRICT: NO LOCATION STATED MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: W L CONKLIN PAGE NO: 163 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 15, 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 " " 1 3 F B . . . . R-2 " " 1 1 M B . . . . R-3 Porter Gallaton 1 17 M B . . . . R-4 Landrum Francis 1 77 F B . . . . R-5 " " 1 59 M B . . . . R-6 " " 1 29 F B . . . . R-7 " " 1 16 M B . . . . R-8 " " 1 15 F B . . . . R-9 " " 1 14 M B . . . . R-10 " " 1 12 M B . . . . R-11 " " 1 10 F B . . . . R-12 " " 1 5 M B . . . . R-13 " " 1 1 F B . . . . R-14 Blacklock James M 1 20 M B . . . . R-15 " " 1 18 F B . . . . R-16 Sullenger Thomas 1 60 F B . . . . R-17 " " 1 45 M B . . . . R-18 " " 1 45 F B . . . . R-19 " " 1 42 F B . . . . R-20 " " 1 36 M M . . . . R-21 " " 1 21 M B . . . . R-22 " " 1 19 F B . . . . R-23 " " 1 16 M B . . . . R-24 " " 1 16 F M . . . . R-25 " " 1 15 M B . . . . R-26 " " 1 13 M B . . . . R-27 " " 1 11 M B . . . . R-28 " " 1 11 F B . . . . R-29 " " 1 9 F B . . . . R-30 Spurrier William 1 46 M B . . . . R-31 " " 1 14 M B . . . . R-32 Bratcher Thomas 1 75 F B . . . . R-33 Carrell Day S 1 16 M B . . . . R-34 " " 1 13 F B . . . . R-35 Thomas Isaac 1 21 M M . . . . R-36 Bishop Hosea S 1 50 F B . . . . R-37 " " 1 25 M B . . . . R-38 " " 1 14 F B . . . . R-39 Yates Valentine 1 17 F M . . . . R-40 Moore Mary J 1 19 F B . . . . R-41 " " 1 1 M B . . . . R-42 " " 1 1/12 M B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: GRAYSON DISTRICT: NO LOCATION STATED MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: W L CONKLIN PAGE NO: 165 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: SEPTEMBER 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 Speake John B 1 45 F B . . . . L-2 Higdon Samuel 1 28 F B . . . . L-3 Higdon Milly 1 50 F B . . . . L-4 " " 1 30 M B . . . . L-5 " " 1 42 F B . . . . L-6 Hunt Andrew 1 45 F B . . . . L-7 " " 1 35 F B . . . . L-8 White Nancy 1 28 M M . . . . L-9 " " 1 25 M B . . . . L-10 Cunningham John 1 56 M B . . . . L-11 " " 1 55 M B . . . . L-12 " " 1 50 F B . . . . L-13 " " 1 21 M B . . . . L-14 " " 1 13 M B . . . . L-15 " " 1 5 M M . . . . L-16 Lloyd William 1 26 F B . . . . L-17 " " 1 24 M B . . . . L-18 " " 1 22 F B . . . . L-19 " " 1 6 M B . . . . L-20 " " 1 4 M B . . . . L-21 " " 1 2 M B . . . . L-22 " " 1 1 F B . . . . L-23 Robinson Elijah 1 33 M B . . . . L-24 " " 1 21 F B . . . . L-25 Green Willis 1 70 F B . . . . L-26 " " 1 45 M B . . . . L-27 " " 1 45 M B . . . . L-28 " " 1 45 F M . . . . L-29 " " 1 40 M B . . . . L-30 " " 1 35 M B . . . . L-31 " " 1 30 F M . . . . L-32 " " 1 27 M M . . . . L-33 " " 1 27 M B . . . . L-34 " " 1 25 F B . . . . L-35 " " 1 22 M B . . . . L-36 " " 1 22 F B . . . . L-37 " " 1 15 M M . . . . L-38 " " 1 12 F M . . . . L-39 " " 1 10 F M . . . . L-40 " " 1 10 M B . . . . L-41 " " 1 8 M B . . . . L-42 " " 1 8 M B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: GRAYSON DISTRICT: NO LOCATION STATED MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: W L CONKLIN PAGE NO: 165 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: SEPTEMBER 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 " " 1 8 M B . . X Idiotic R-2 " " 1 6 F B . . . . R-3 " " 1 6 M M . . . . R-4 " " 1 3 M M . . . . R-5 " " 1 3 M M . . . . R-6 " " 1 3 F M . . . . R-7 " " 1 3 F M . . . . R-8 " " 1 6/12 M M . . . . R-9 " " 1 6/12 M M . . . . R-10 " " 1 4/12 F M . . . . R-11 Dirickson Isaiah 1 12 F M . . . . R-12 Goldsberry Jonathan 1 48 F M . . . . R-13 " " 1 40 F B . . . . R-14 " " 1 22 M M . . . . R-15 " " 1 20 M B . . . . R-16 " " 1 18 M B . . . . R-17 " " 1 17 M B . . . . R-18 " " 1 13 M B . . . . R-19 " " 1 7 F B . . . . R-20 " " 1 6 F B . . . . R-21 " " 1 5 M B . . . . R-22 White Joseph M 1 32 F B . . . . R-23 " " 1 3 F M . . . . R-24 " " 1 1 M M . . . . R-25 Conklin William L 1 21 F B . . . . R-26 " " 1 2 M 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/ ===============================================================================================