Macon County, MO 1850 Federal Slave Schedule http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mo/macon/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for all districts) Pages 551-555 This Census was transcribed by Russell Anderson and proofread by Debbie Leenutaphong 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 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 #M432-423 STATE MISSOURI COUNTY MACON ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- ============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: MISSOURI COUNTY: MACON DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 52 MICROFILE: M432-424 ENUMERATOR: THOMAS G HAYS PAGE NO: BLANK HANDWRITTEN: ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 9-29, 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 Drinkard William 1 26 F B . . . . L-2 Griffin William 1 26 F B . . . . L-3 . . 1 21 M M . . . . L-4 . . 1 19 M M . . . . L-5 . . 1 18 F M . . . . L-6 . . 1 4 F B . . . . L-7 . . 1 2 F B . . . . L-8 . . 1 1 M B . . . . L-9 Hubble David 1 16 F B . . . . L-10 . . 1 13 F B . . . . L-11 Donley George 1 34 M B . . . . L-12 . . 1 19 F B . . . . L-13 . . 1 4 F M . . . . L-14 . . 1 2 F M . . . . L-15 Wright Martin 1 14 F M . . . . L-16 Henderson Mary S 1 23 F B . . . . L-17 . . 1 1 M M . . . . L-18 Bates John 1 21 M B . . . . L-19 Richardson Hesse E 1 30 F B . . . . L-20 . . 1 30 F B . . . . L-21 . . 1 7 F B . . . . L-22 . . 1 6 F B . . . . L-23 . . 1 5 F B . . . . L-24 . . 1 4 F B . . . . L-25 Epperson Albert 1 43 F M . . . . L-26 . . 1 25 M M . . . . L-27 . . 1 23 M M . . . . L-28 . . 1 14 M M . . . . L-29 . . 1 10 F M . . . . L-30 . . 1 9 M M . . . . L-31 . . 1 13 M B . . . . L-32 . . 1 7 F M . . . . L-33 Gates William 1 17 F B . . . . L-34 . . 1 4 M M . . . . L-35 Harrson Henry 1 24 F M . . . . L-36 . . 1 11 F M . . . . L-37 . . 1 5 M M . . . . L-38 . . 1 3 F M . . . . L-39 . . 1 1 F M . . . . L-40 Smith John 1 12 F B . . . . L-41 Burnet Bowlin 1 21 M B . . . . L-42 . . 1 18 F B . . . . ============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: MISSOURI COUNTY: MACON DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 52 MICROFILE: M432-424 ENUMERATOR: THOMAS G HAYS PAGE NO: BLANK HANDWRITTEN: ENUM/DATE: AUGUST 9-29, 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 Cotterton Benjamin 1 40 F B . . . Catterton? R-2 Brown William 1 25 F B . . . . R-3 . . 1 15 F B . . . . R-4 Biggs Benjamin 1 20 F B . . . . R-5 . . 1 20 F B . . . . R-6 Talbott Peter 1 29 F B . . . . R-7 . . 1 4 F B . . . . R-8 . . 1 1 M B . . . . R-9 Swiney Elizabeth 1 48 F M . . . . R-10 . . 1 18 F M . . . . R-11 . . 1 8 F M . . . . R-12 . . 1 6 F M . . . . R-13 . . 1 4 F M . . . . R-14 . . 1 3/12 M M . . . . R-15 Wright Summers 1 29 M B . . . . R-16 . . 1 25 F B . . . . R-17 . . 1 2 M B . . . . R-18 Smith Sarah 1 22 F B . . . . R-19 . . 1 4 M B . . . . R-20 Harris John 1 33 F B . . . . R-21 . . 1 28 M B . . . . R-22 . . 1 26 M B . . . . R-23 . . 1 13 F B . . . . R-24 . . 1 11 F B . . . . R-25 . . 1 8 F B . . . . R-26 . . 1 6 F B . . . . R-27 . . 1 3 F B . . . . R-28 . . 1 1 F B . . . . R-29 Harris Austin 1 19 F B . . . . R-30 Holley Matthew P 1 14 M B . . . . R-31 Bay James 1 10 M B . . . . R-32 Gruble F M 1 25 F B . . . . R-33 . . 1 2 F B . . . . R-34 . . 1 8 M B . . . . R-35 Shoemaker John 1 57 F B . . . . R-36 . . 1 19 M B . . . . R-37 . . 1 8 M B . . . . R-38 . . 1 5 F B . . . . R-39 . . 1 2/12 M B . . . . R-40 Powel Henry A 1 15 F B . . . . R-41 . . 1 11 M B . . . . R-42 . . 1 9 M B . . . . ============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: MISSOURI COUNTY: MACON DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 52 MICROFILE: M432-424 ENUMERATOR: THOMAS G HAYS PAGE NO: 551 HANDWRITTEN: ENUM/DATE: SEPTEMBER 9, 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 Powel Henry A 1 8 F B . . . . L-2 . . 1 7 M B . . . . L-3 Cristal R S 1 7 F B . . . . L-4 Dysart James 1 65 F B . . . . L-5 . . 1 26 M B . . . . L-6 . . 1 26 M B . . . . L-7 . . 1 26 F B . . . . L-8 . . 1 8 F B . . . . L-9 . . 1 6 F B . . . . L-10 . . 1 4 M B . . . . L-11 . . 1 1 F B . . . . L-12 Powel William 1 37 M M . . . . L-13 . . 1 12 M M . . . . L-14 Kitchen James 1 40 M M . . . . L-15 . . 1 25 M B . . . . L-16 . . 1 18 F B . . . . L-17 . . 1 12 M B . . . . L-18 . . 1 6 F B . . . . L-19 . . 1 4 F B . . . . L-20 Kitchen Elizabeth 1 26 F B . . . . L-21 . . 1 23 M B . . . . L-22 . . 1 15 M B . . . . L-23 . . 1 6 F B . . . . L-24 . . 1 1 F B . . . . L-25 Powel John 1 14 M M . . . . L-26 . . 1 14 M M . . . . L-27 . . 1 6 F B . . . . L-28 . . 1 2 M B . . . . L-29 McComick Thomas H 1 21 M B . . . . L-30 . . 1 21 M B . . . . L-31 . . 1 21 F B . . . . L-32 Powel Brazilla 1 34 F B . . . . L-33 . . 1 11 M B . . . . L-34 . . 1 9 M B . . . . L-35 Patrick Jefferson 1 22 . B . . . Ink blot in Sex L-36 Claybrook Joseph 1 35 F B . . . . L-37 . . 1 4/12 M B . . . . L-38 Wright Evens 1 23 M B . . . . L-39 Terrel Lynch 1 72 F B . . . . L-40 . . 1 29 M B . . . . L-41 . . 1 28 F M . . . . ============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: MISSOURI COUNTY: MACON DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 52 MICROFILE: M432-424 ENUMERATOR: THOMAS G HAYS PAGE NO: 551 HANDWRITTEN: ENUM/DATE: SEPTEMBER 9, 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 Tirrill Lynch 1 17 M B . . . . R-2 . . 1 11 M M . . . . R-3 . . 1 9 F B . . . . R-4 . . 1 7 F B . . . . R-5 . . 1 1 F B . . . . R-6 Johnson Richard T 1 27 M B . . . . R-7 . . 1 26 F B . . . . R-8 . . 1 17 M B . . . . R-9 . . 1 12 M B . . . . R-10 . . 1 8 M B . . . . R-11 . . 1 6 M B . . . . R-12 . . 1 5 M B . . . . R-13 . . 1 3 M B . . . . R-14 . . 1 1 M B . . . . R-15 Johnson Jacob 1 40 M B . . . . R-16 . . 1 32 F B . . . . R-17 . . 1 14 M B . . . . R-18 . . 1 12 F B . . . . R-19 . . 1 10 M B . . . . R-20 . . 1 8 F B . . . . R-21 . . 1 6 F B . . . . R-22 . . 1 4 F B . . . . R-23 . . 1 50 F B . . . . R-24 Mathes Drury 1 20 M B . . . . R-25 . . 1 20 M B . . . . R-26 . . 1 18 M B . . . . R-27 . . 1 16 M B . . . . R-28 Davis Drury 1 23 F B . . . . R-29 Johnson John S 1 12 M B . . . . R-30 Wares Barbery 1 40 F B . . . . R-31 . . 1 35 M B . . . . R-32 . . 1 18 M B . . . . R-33 . . 1 16 F B . . . . R-34 . . 1 13 M B . . . . R-35 . . 1 13 F B . . . . R-36 . . 1 8 F B . . . . R-37 . . 1 6 F B . . . . R-38 . . 1 4 M B . . . . R-39 . . 1 1 F B . . . . R-40 Daugherty Joseph 1 8 F B . . . . R-41 Palmer Burton 1 50 F B . . . . R-42 . . 1 45 M B . . . . ============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: MISSOURI COUNTY: MACON DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 52 MICROFILE: M432-424 ENUMERATOR: THOMAS G HAYS PAGE NO: 554 HANDWRITTEN: ENUM/DATE: NOVEMBER 9, 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 Butler Joseph 1 8 F B . . . . L-2 Cannon Simeon 1 12 F B . . . . L-3 Chandler William 1 15 M B . . X "D & Dum" L-4 Powel John C 1 14 M B . . . . L-5 . . 1 14 F B . . . . L-6 Peyton Durret H 1 20 M B . . . . L-7 . . 1 16 F B . . . . L-8 . . 1 2 F B . . . . L-9 VanSkike Robert 1 37 M B . . . . L-10 . . 1 14 F B . . . . L-11 Holley James 1 25 F B . . . . L-12 . . 1 10 M B . . . . L-13 . . 1 6 M B . . . . L-14 . . 1 5 M B . . . . L-15 . . 1 1 M B . . . . L-16 Grafford Benjamin 1 50 F B . . . . L-17 Griffin William G 1 24 F B . . . . L-18 . . 1 15 M B . . . . L-19 . . 1 10 M B . . . . L-20 . . 1 8 F B . . . . L-21 Smith John D 1 27 F B . . . . L-22 . . 1 25 M B . . . . L-23 . . 1 18 F B . . . . L-24 . . 1 5 F B . . . . L-25 . . 1 4 F B . . . . L-26 . . 1 2 M B . . . . L-27 Burton Edmind 1 16 F B . . . . L-28 Gallo George W 1 30 M B . . . . L-29 . . 1 16 F B . . . . L-30 . . 1 2 M B . . . . L-31 Hickman Edwin T 1 28 F B . . . . L-32 . . 1 2 M B . . . . L-33 . . 1 8/12 M B . . . . L-34 Mathes John 1 35 F B . . . . L-35 . . 1 13 M B . . . . L-36 Smith Lewis 1 21 F B . . . . L-37 . . 1 17 F B . . . . L-38 . . 1 7 F M . . . . L-39 . . 1 1 M M . . . . L-40 Milam Solamon 1 45 F B . . . . L-41 . . 1 26 F B . . . . L-42 . . 1 23 F B . . . . ============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: MISSOURI COUNTY: MACON DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 52 MICROFILE: M432-424 ENUMERATOR: THOMAS G HAYS PAGE NO: 554 HANDWRITTEN: ENUM/DATE: NOVEMBER 9, 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 Milam Solamon 1 18 F B . . . . R-2 . . 1 17 M B . . . . R-3 Switser Newton 1 25 M B . . . . R-4 . . 1 24 F B . . . . R-5 . . 1 11 M M . . . . R-6 . . 1 3 M M . . . . R-7 . . 1 3/12 M M . . . . R-8 . . 1 26 F M . . . . R-9 . . 1 24 M M . . . . R-10 . . 1 12 F M . . . . R-11 . . 1 4 M M . . . . R-12 Enyart Ebenezer 1 30 M B . . . . R-13 . . 1 28 F M . . . . R-14 . . 1 20 M B . . . . R-15 . . 1 15 F B . . . . R-16 . . 1 13 M B . . . . R-17 . . 1 11 F B . . . . R-18 . . 1 7 F B . . . . R-19 . . 1 11 M M . . . . R-20 . . 1 8 M M . . . . R-21 . . 1 4 F B . . . . R-22 . . 1 2 F M . . . . R-23 Enyart James 1 15 F B . . . . R-24 Holly Matthew P 1 15 M B . . . . R-25 Bay John 1 10 F B . . . . R-26 Cox F M 1 10 F B . . . . R-27 Holley Henry 1 18 M B . . . . R-28 . . 1 16 M B . . . . R-29 . . 1 14 F B . . . . R-30 Matson James T 1 50 M B . . . . R-31 . . 1 48 F M . . . . R-32 . . 1 19 M M . . . . R-33 . . 1 9 M M . . . . R-34 Mongomery Elizabeth 1 45 F B . . . . R-35 . . 1 13 F B . . . . R-36 . . 1 8 M B . . . . R-37 Griffin Joseph 1 30 M B . . . . R-38 Stacy P M 1 22 F B . . . . R-39 . . 1 21 M B . . . . R-40 . . 1 3 F B . . . . R-41 . . 1 1 F B . . . . ============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: MISSOURI COUNTY: MACON DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 52 MICROFILE: M432-424 ENUMERATOR: THOMAS G HAYS PAGE NO: 555 HANDWRITTEN: ENUM/DATE: DECEMBER 9, 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 McCale A P 1 24 F B . . . . L-2 Barrow Nathan 1 18 F B . . . Barron? L-3 Mitchell James 1 31 M B . . . . L-4 Watson John R 1 19 F B . . . . L-5 . . 1 1 F B . . . . L-6 Medley Francis 1 30 F B . . . . L-7 . . 1 3 M B . . . . L-8 . . 1 11/12 M B . . . . L-9 Clarke W'm 1 24 F B . . . . L-10 . . 1 8/12 F B . . . . L-11 Cockrele Matilda 1 14 F B . . . Cockrell? L-12 Brown J N 1 12 F M . . . . L-13 Gilman Walter T 1 60 F B . . . . L-14 Borrow Arthur 1 28 F B . . . . L-15 Burkhead Sarah 1 40 F B . . . . L-16 . . 1 7 M B . . . . L-17 Lewis Absolam 1 19 F B . . . . L-18 . . 1 1 F B . . . . L-19 McKinney C C 1 39 M B . . . . L-20 Turner W'm W 1 25 F B . . . . L-21 . . 1 6 F B . . . . L-22 . . 1 4 F B . . . . L-23 . . 1 5/12 M B . . . . L-24 Taylor George M 1 57 M B . . . . L-25 . . 1 36 F B . . . . L-26 . . 1 32 F B . . . . L-27 . . 1 17 M B . . . . L-28 . . 1 11 F B . . . . L-29 . . 1 7 F B . . . . L-30 . . 1 6 M B . . . . L-31 . . 1 4 M B . . . . L-32 . . 1 3 M B . . . . L-33 . . 1 2/12 M B . . . . L-34 Austin Walker 1 27 F B . . . . L-35 Sharp Benj 1 22 F B . . . . L-36 . . 1 6 M B . . . . L-37 . . 1 2 M B . . . . L-38 Towner M M 1 16 F M . . . . L-39 Hudson Susan 1 20 M B . . . Last name illegible L-40 Proctor William H 1 30 M B . . . . ============================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 SLAVE STATE: MISSOURI COUNTY: MACON DISTRICT: DISTRICT NO 52 MICROFILE: M432-424 ENUMERATOR: THOMAS G HAYS PAGE NO: 555 HANDWRITTEN: ENUM/DATE: DECEMBER 9, 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 Morrow W'm P 1 23 F B . . . . R-2 . . 1 11 F B . . . . R-3 . . 1 4/12 M B . . . . R-4 Morrow Jefferson 1 25 F B . . . . R-5 . . 1 4 M B . . . . R-6 . . 1 6/12 F M . . . . R-7 Leathers John 1 45 M B . . . . R-8 McCully Henderson 1 44 F B . . . . R-9 . . 1 14 M B . . . . R-10 . . 1 10 F B . . . . R-11 . . 1 6 F B . . . . R-12 . . 1 1 M M . . . . R-13 Wright Lawrence 1 2 M B . . . First name illegible ============================================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collectio of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ ==============================================================================================