Harlan County, KY 1850 Federal Slave Schedule http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ky/harlan/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for all districts) Page 344-348 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 #M432-225 STATE KENTUCKY COUNTY HARLAN ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: HARLAN DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 1 MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: ABNER CRUMP PAGE NO: 344 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 24, 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 Watkins Nancy J 1 14 M B . . . . L-2 Watkins Mary B 1 10 F B . . . . L-3 Turner William Sen'r 1 47 M B . . . . L-4 " " 1 33 M B . . . . L-5 " " 1 40 F B . . . . L-6 " " 1 12 F B . . . . L-7 " " 1 10 F B . . . . L-8 " " 1 8 F B . . . . L-9 " " 1 6 M B . . . . L-10 " " 1 3 F B . . . . L-11 " " 1 6/12 M B . . . . L-12 Kelly Jonathan 1 60 M B . . . . L-13 Creech Sally 1 37 M B . . . . L-14 Sturgill John 1 27 F B . . . . L-15 " " 1 8 F M . . . . L-16 " " 1 3 M B . . . . L-17 Lewis John 1 38 F B . . . . L-18 " " 1 22 F M . . . . L-19 " " 1 20 M B . . . . L-20 " " 1 15 M M . . . . L-21 " " 1 12 M M . . . . L-22 " " 1 8 M M . . . . L-23 " " 1 6 M M . . . . L-24 " " 1 4 F M . . . . L-25 " " 1 3 M M . . . . L-26 " " 1 1 M M . . . . L-27 Cornett William 1 53 M M . . . . L-28 " " 1 32 F M . . . . L-29 " " 1 7 F M . . . . L-30 " " 1 5 M M . . . . L-31 " " 1 2 M M . . . . L-32 Ball James 1 40 F B . . . . L-33 Lyttle David Y 1 21 F B . . . . L-34 " " 1 13 M B . . . . L-35 " " 1 12 F M . . . . L-36 " " 1 10 F B . . . . L-37 " " 1 3 M M . . . . L-38 " " 1 5/12 M M . . . . L-39 Brittain Carlo B 1 27 F B . . . . L-40 " " 1 22 M B . . . . L-41 " " 1 12 F M . . . . L-42 " " 1 11 F M . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: HARLAN DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 1 MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: ABNER CRUMP PAGE NO: 344 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 24, 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 F B . . . . R-2 " " 1 6 F M . . . . R-3 " " 1 4 F M . . . . R-4 " " 1 3 M B . . . . R-5 " " 1 4/12 M M . . . . R-6 Brittain George 1 55 F B . . . . R-7 " " 1 55 M M . . . . R-8 " " 1 45 F B . . . . R-9 " " 1 40 M M . . . . R-10 " " 1 36 F B . . . . R-11 " " 1 25 M B . . . . R-12 " " 1 22 M B . . . . R-13 " " 1 22 M B . . . . R-14 " " 1 21 M B . . . . R-15 " " 1 17 F B . . . . R-16 " " 1 15 F B . . . . R-17 " " 1 8 M B . . . . R-18 " " 1 7 M B . . . . R-19 " " 1 5 M B . . . . R-20 " " 1 6/12 M B . . . . R-21 Cawood John 1 17 F M . . . . R-22 " " 1 2 M M . . . . R-23 Cawood William 1 12 F B . . . . R-24 " " 1 5 F B . . . . R-25 Smith Noble 1 8 M B . . . . R-26 " " 1 6 M B . . . . R-27 Skidmore John 1 35 F B . . . . R-28 " " 1 33 F B . . . . R-29 " " 1 30 F B . . . . R-30 Ledford Aley 1 35 F B . . . . R-31 " " 1 18 M M . . . . R-32 " " 1 16 F M . . . . R-33 " " 1 11 F B . . . . R-34 " " 1 4 F B . . . . R-35 " " 1 3 M M . . . . R-36 Howard Samuel 1 29 F B . . . . R-37 " " 1 18 F M . . . . R-38 " " 1 13 M M . . . . R-39 " " 1 13 F M . . . . R-40 " " 1 9 F B . . . . R-41 " " 1 4 F M . . . . R-42 " " 1 11/12 F B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: HARLAN DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 1 MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: ABNER CRUMP PAGE NO: 345 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 24, 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 Taylor Sally 1 60 M B . . . . L-2 Green William D 1 11 M M . . . . L-3 Howard Phebe 1 36 F B . . . . L-4 " " 1 2 M M . . . . L-5 Howard William S 1 14 M B . . . . L-6 " " 1 10 F M . . . . L-7 Herndon Benjanim F 1 30 F B . . . . L-8 " " 1 6 M B . . . . L-9 " " 1 7 F M . . . . L-10 " " 1 15 F B . . . . L-11 Barton Martha 1 16 F M . . . . L-12 " " 1 15 F B . . . . L-13 " " 1 14 M M . . . . L-14 Howard Milton 1 6 F M . . . . L-15 Howard Wilson 1 19 F B . . . . L-16 Unshank Ewell V 1 7 F B . . . . L-17 " " 1 5 M B . . . . L-18 Turner William 1 50 F B . . . . L-19 " " 1 50 M B . . . . L-20 " " 1 24 F B . . . . L-21 " " 1 23 F B . . . . L-22 " " 1 23 F B . . . . L-23 " " 1 23 M M . . . . L-24 " " 1 24 F B . . . . L-25 " " 1 21 M M . . . . L-26 " " 1 15 M M . . . . L-27 " " 1 14 M M . . . . L-28 " " 1 8 M M . . . . L-29 " " 1 6 F B . . . . L-30 " " 1 4 M B . . . . L-31 " " 1 2 M M . . . . L-32 " " 1 7 M M . . . . L-33 " " 1 5 F M . . . . L-34 " " 1 3 M B . . . . L-35 " " 1 3 F M . . . . L-36 " " 1 7 F M . . . . L-37 " " 1 5 M M . . . . L-38 " " 1 3 M M . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: HARLAN DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 1 MICROFILE: M432-225 ENUMERATOR: EDWARD C CRUMP PAGE NO: 348 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 27, 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 Pursefull Mount 1 28 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/ ===============================================================================================