Lewis County, KY 1850 Federal Slave Schedule http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ky/lewis/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for all districts) Page 181-189 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 #M432-226 STATE KENTUCKY COUNTY LEWIS ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: LEWIS DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 1 MICROFILE: M432-226 ENUMERATOR: W'M C IRELAND PAGE NO: 181 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 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 Heron John P 1 23 F M . . . . L-2 " " 1 4 F M . . . . L-3 " " 1 1/12 F B . . . . L-4 Carr James 1 27 F B . . . . L-5 " " 1 9 M B . . . . L-6 " " 1 4 M B . . . . L-7 Boyd Mary 1 45 M B . . . . L-8 " " 1 25 F B . . . . L-9 " " 1 1 F B . . . . L-10 Elliott William 1 15 M B . . . . L-11 " " 1 48 F B . . . . L-12 Ball W'm P 1 22 M B . . . . L-13 Turner Reddon 1 32 F M . . . . L-14 " " 1 18 M B . . . . L-15 " " 1 11 M B . . . . L-16 " " 1 9 F B . . . . L-17 " " 1 7 M B . . . . L-18 " " 1 3 M B . . . . L-19 Hampton Elizabeth 1 26 M B . . . . L-20 Bevin Benjamin B 1 10 F B . . . . L-21 Bevin Charles 1 9 F B . . . . L-22 Bevin James H 1 65 F B . . . . L-23 " " 1 35 F B . . . . L-24 " " 1 14 M B . . . . L-25 " " 1 5 M B . . . . L-26 " " 1 4 M B . . . . L-27 " " 1 5/12 F B . . . . L-28 Bevin Alonzo N 1 23 M B . . . . L-29 Baldwin David 1 41 F B . . . . L-30 " " 1 22 M M . . . . L-31 " " 1 20 M M . . . . L-32 " " 1 13 F B . . . . L-33 " " 1 15 M B . . . . L-34 " " 1 7 F B . . . . L-35 " " 1 5 F B . . . . L-36 Wood Charles 1 52 M B . . . . L-37 " " 1 32 M B . . . . L-38 " " 1 21 M B 1 . . . L-39 " " 1 24 M B . . . . L-40 " " 1 40 F B . . . . L-41 " " 1 18 F B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: LEWIS DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 1 MICROFILE: M432-226 ENUMERATOR: W'M C IRELAND PAGE NO: 181 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 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) =============================================================================================== RIGHT SET OF COLUMNS R-1 Wood Cha's 1 13 M B . . . . R-2 " " 1 9 F B . . . . R-3 " " 1 5 F B . . . . R-4 " " 1 27 M B . . . . R-5 Dozier Rebecca 1 56 M B . . . . R-6 Stevenson Samuel 1 35 F B . . . . R-7 " " 1 14 F B . . . . R-8 " " 1 12 F B . . . . R-9 " " 1 8 F B . . . . R-10 " " 1 6 M M . . . . R-11 " " 1 3 M B . . . . R-12 Poe W'm 1 21 F M . . . . R-13 " " 1 2 F M . . . . R-14 Morrison Jane 1 70 F B . . . . R-15 Cummings Eliza 1 35 M M . . . . R-16 Cummings John 1 21 M B . . . . R-17 Pitts Samuel C 1 18 F B . . . . R-18 " " 1 9 F M . . . . R-19 Priffitt Matilda 1 11 M B . . . . R-20 Dedinger Jusith 1 60 F B . . . . R-21 " " 1 30 F B . . . . R-22 " " 1 24 F B . . . . R-23 " " 1 23 M B . . . . R-24 " " 1 22 F B . . . . R-25 " " 1 16 F M . . . . R-26 " " 1 12 F B . . . . R-27 " " 1 9 F B . . . . R-28 " " 1 7 F B . . . . R-29 " " 1 5 M B . . . . R-30 " " 1 2 F B . . . . R-31 " " 1 1 F B . . . . R-32 " " 1 1/12 M M . . . . R-33 Stout James 1 32 M B . . . . R-34 " " 1 26 M B . . . . R-35 " " 1 30 F B . . . . R-36 " " 1 15 M B . . . . R-37 " " 1 4 F B . . . . R-38 Reddens Thomas E 1 28 F B . . . . R-39 " " 1 25 M B . . . . R-40 " " 1 20 M B . . . . R-41 " " 1 10 F B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: LEWIS DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 1 MICROFILE: M432-226 ENUMERATOR: W'M C IRELAND PAGE NO: 183 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 31, 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 Reddens Thomas E 1 4 F B . . . . L-2 Bragg Lucy 1 47 M B . . . . L-3 " " 1 40 F B . . . . L-4 " " 1 27 F B . . . . L-5 " " 1 25 F B . . . . L-6 " " 1 23 F B . . . . L-7 " " 1 10 F M . . . . L-8 " " 1 4 F B . . . . L-9 Carrier Charles 1 67 F B . . . . L-10 " " 1 56 M B . . . . L-11 " " 1 47 M B . . . . L-12 " " 1 22 F B . . . . L-13 " " 1 22 F M . . . . L-14 " " 1 5 F M . . . . L-15 " " 1 3 M B . . . . L-16 " " 1 1 M M . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: LEWIS DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 2 MICROFILE: M432-226 ENUMERATOR: L J PROCTER PAGE NO: 185 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 17, 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 Thomson John 1 19 F B . . . . L-2 Keath James A 1 38 M M . . . . L-3 " " 1 14 F B . . . . L-4 " " 1 6 F M . . . . L-5 Ball James M S 1 60 F B . . . . L-6 " " 1 30 F B . . . . L-7 " " 1 9 F M . . . . L-8 " " 1 5 M M . . . . L-9 " " 1 4 M M . . . . L-10 " " 1 1 F M . . . . L-11 Lee Richard H 1 16 M M . . . See? L-12 " " 1 12 M M . . . . L-13 " " 1 65 F M . . . . L-15 Arnold Peter J N 1 24 M M . . . . L-16 Arnold Nancy 1 25 F B . . . . L-17 " " 1 10 M B . . . . L-18 " " 1 5 M B . . . . L-19 " " 1 3 M B . . . . L-20 " " 1 1 F B . . . . L-21 " " 1 40 F M . . . . L-22 " " 1 10 F M . . . . L-23 Arnold Margaret 1 25 F M . . . . L-24 " " 1 5 F M . . . . L-25 " " 1 2 M M . . . . L-26 Power Nancy 1 21 F B . . . . L-27 " " 1 4 F B . . . . L-28 " " 1 3 M M . . . . L-29 " " 1 1 M B . . . . L-30 David Tison 1 32 F B . . . . L-31 " " 1 25 M B . . . . L-32 " " 1 16 F B . . . . L-33 " " 1 17 F B . . . . L-34 " " 1 16 M B . . . . L-35 " " 1 15 M B . . . . L-36 " " 1 13 M B . . . . L-37 " " 1 12 M B . . . . L-38 " " 1 12 M B . . . . L-39 Solle John 1 10 F B . . . . L-40 Debell Jeremiah 1 14 F B . . . . L-41 Means R 1 35 M B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: LEWIS DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 2 MICROFILE: M432-226 ENUMERATOR: L J PROCTER PAGE NO: 185 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 17, 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 Segar David Sr 1 17 F M . . . . R-2 " " 1 12 M B . . . . R-3 " " 1 1 M M . . . . R-4 Taylor Nesbit 1 60 F B . . . . R-5 " " 1 30 F B . . . . R-6 Wallingsford Mark 1 30 F M . . . . R-7 " " 1 8 F M . . . . R-8 " " 1 2 F M . . . . R-9 " " 1 18 M B . . . . R-10 Owens Edward K 1 14 F M . . . . R-11 Pollett Alexander H 1 20 F B . . . . R-13 Atley William D 1 12 F B . . . . R-14 McDaniel John 1 52 M B . . . . R-15 " " 1 37 F B . . . . R-16 " " 1 26 M B . . . . R-17 " " 1 25 M B . . . . R-18 " " 1 17 F M . . . . R-19 " " 1 12 M B . . . . R-20 " " 1 8 M B . . . . R-21 " " 1 5 M B . . . . R-22 " " 1 2 F B . . . . R-23 Cox Joseph 1 20 F M . . . . R-24 Arthurs Thomas 1 14 M B . . . . R-25 Ruggles Jonathan 1 65 F B . . . . R-26 Bryant Baly 1 35 F B . . . . R-27 " " 1 25 M B . . . . R-28 " " 1 7 F B . . . . R-29 " " 1 4 M B . . . . R-30 " " 1 1 F B . . . . R-31 " " 1 1 M B . . . . R-32 Runyan Asa R 1 15 F M . . . . R-33 Gould M S C 1 53 M B . . . . R-34 " " 1 50 F B . . . . R-35 " " 1 21 F B . . . . R-36 " " 1 5 M B . . . . R-37 " " 1 2 M B . . . . R-38 Downing James D 1 40 F B . . . . R-39 " " 1 17 F B . . . . R-40 " " 1 16 F B . . . . R-41 " " 1 14 F B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: LEWIS DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 2 MICROFILE: M432-226 ENUMERATOR: LARKIN J PROCTER PAGE NO: 187 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 26, 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 Downing James D 1 12 F B . . . . L-2 " " 1 10 F B . . . . L-3 " " 1 8 M B . . . . L-4 " " 1 6 M B . . . . L-5 " " 1 3 M B . . . . L-6 Savage P M 1 40 F B . . . . L-7 " " 1 30 M B . . . . L-8 " " 1 18 F B . . . . L-9 " " 1 14 F B . . . . L-10 " " 1 12 M B . . . . L-11 " " 1 8 F B . . . . L-12 " " 1 6 F B . . . . L-13 " " 1 5/12 F B . . . . L-14 Singer Lewis 1 13 F M . . . . L-15 " " 1 8 M B . . . . L-16 Givens Joshua 1 22 F B . . . . L-17 " " 1 20 F B . . . . L-18 Purnell William 1 30 F B . . . . L-19 " " 1 25 M M . . . . L-20 " " 1 22 F M . . . . L-21 " " 1 16 F M . . . . L-22 " " 1 9 M B . . . . L-23 " " 1 7 M B . . . . L-24 Killgore Anthony 1 50 M B . . . . L-25 " " 1 20 M B . . . . L-26 " " 1 25 F B . . . . L-27 " " 1 6 M B . . . . L-28 " " 1 4 M B . . . . L-29 " " 1 2 F B . . . . L-30 " " 1 1 F B . . . . L-31 " " 1/12 F F B . . . Col 2-3 as written L-32 Graves Susan 1 30 M B . . . . L-33 " " 1 25 F B . . . . L-34 " " 1 4 M B . . . . L-35 " " 1 2 F B . . . . L-36 Savage John P 1 19 M B . . . . L-37 " " 1 17 M B . . . . L-38 Givens Mosis 1 33 F B . . . . L-39 " " 1 4 F B . . . . L-40 Kirk James P 1 14 F B . . . . L-41 " " 1 15 M B . . . . L-42 " " 1 2 F B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: LEWIS DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 2 MICROFILE: M432-226 ENUMERATOR: LARKIN J PROCTER PAGE NO: 187 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: JULY 26, 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 Attley Henry D 1 19 M B . . . . R-2 " " 1 16 F B . . . . R-3 " " 1 1 M B . . . . R-4 Rodgers George 1 13 F B . . . . R-5 " " 1 10 F B . . . . R-6 Fagan Rawleigh 1 45 F B . . . . R-7 " " 1 25 M B . . . . R-8 " " 1 23 M B . . . . R-9 " " 1 17 F B . . . . R-10 " " 1 15 F B . . . . R-11 " " 1 13 M B . . . . R-12 " " 1 11 F B . . . . R-13 " " 1 9 F B . . . . R-14 Moore Tavner 1 19 M B . . . . R-15 " " 1 17 F B . . . . R-16 " " 1 14 F B . . . . R-17 " " 1 12 M B . . . . R-18 " " 1 9 F B . . . . R-19 Stevenson John 1 20 F B . . . . R-20 Percell John 1 24 M B . . . . R-21 Tolle Methias 1 27 F B . . . . R-22 " " 1 8 M B . . . . R-23 " " 1 6 F B . . . . R-24 " " 1 4 M B . . . . R-25 " " 1 1 M B . . . . R-26 Middleton Isaac 1 50 M B . . . . R-27 Boyd Margaret 1 43 F B . . . . R-28 " " 1 15 M B . . . . R-29 " " 1 11 F M . . . . R-30 Willson James 1 13 F M . . . . R-31 Willson Susan 1 65 F B . . . . R-32 Tolle Henry H 1 85 M B . . . . R-33 Purcell William C 1 13 F B . . . . R-34 Doyal Simon 1 53 F B . . . . R-35 " " 1 20 F B . . . . R-36 " " 1 2 M B . . . . R-37 Stratton Catharine 1 35 F B . . . . R-38 " " 1 18 M B . . . . R-39 " " 1 16 F B . . . . R-40 " " 1 13 F B . . . . R-41 " " 1 7 F B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: LEWIS DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 2 MICROFILE: M432-226 ENUMERATOR: L J PROCTER PAGE NO: 189 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 13, 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 Stratton Catharine 1 5 M B . . . . L-2 " " 1 2 F B . . . . L-3 Boyd James 1 18 F B . . . . L-4 Segar Jacob Sr 1 16 F B . . . . L-5 Parks Edward H 1 21 F M . . . . L-6 " " 1 6 F M . . . . L-7 " " 1 4/12 M M . . . . L-8 " " 1 4/12 M M . . . . L-9 Halbert Daniel 1 25 M B . . . . L-10 " " 1 18 F B . . . . L-11 Thomas Madison 1 17 M B . . . . L-12 " " 1 9 M B . . . . L-13 Marshall Thomas 1 80 M B . . . . L-14 " " 1 80 M B . . . . L-15 " " 1 50 M B . . . . L-16 " " 1 50 M B . . . . L-17 " " 1 45 F B 1 . . . L-18 " " 1 44 M B . . . . L-19 " " 1 35 M B 1 . . . L-20 " " 1 33 M B 1 . . . L-21 " " 1 30 M B 1 . . . L-22 " " 1 28 M B 1 . . . L-23 " " 1 23 M B 1 . . . L-24 " " 1 31 F B . . . . L-25 " " 1 30 F B . . . . L-26 " " 1 16 F B . . . . L-27 " " 1 14 M B . . . . L-28 " " 1 12 M B . . . . L-29 " " 1 10 F B . . . . L-30 " " 1 8 M B . . . . L-31 " " 1 6 M B . . . . L-32 " " 1 4 M B . . . . L-33 " " 1 2 M B . . . . L-34 " " 1 2/12 M B . . . . L-35 Johnson Benjamin 1 14 F M . . . . L-36 " " 1 11 F M . . . . L-37 " " 1 10 M M . . . . L-38 " " 1 7 F M . . . . L-39 " " 1 5 F M . . . . L-40 Esham William 1 68 F B . . . . L-41 " " 1 45 M B . . . . =============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: KENTUCKY COUNTY: LEWIS DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 2 MICROFILE: M432-226 ENUMERATOR: L J PROCTER PAGE NO: 189 HANDWRITTEN: BLANK ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 13, 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 Holbrook Socrates 1 55 M B . . . . R-2 " " 1 43 F M . . . . R-3 " " 1 21 F M . . . . R-4 " " 1 19 F M . . . . R-5 " " 1 17 F M . . . . R-6 " " 1 16 M M . . . . R-7 " " 1 10 F M . . . . R-8 " " 1 8 M M . . . . R-9 " " 1 6 M M . . . . R-10 " " 1 4 F M . . . . R-11 " " 1 3 F M . . . . R-12 " " 1 2 F M . . . . R-13 " " 1 2 F M . . . . R-14 " " 1 1 M M . . . . R-15 Parker Seth 1 35 F B . . . . R-16 " " 1 18 M B . . . . R-17 " " 1 3 F M . . . . R-18 Robb Joseph 1 48 F B . . . . R-19 " " 1 17 M B . . . . R-20 " " 1 14 M 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/ ===============================================================================================