1840 UNION COUNTY, GA. CENSUS File Contributed for use in USGenWeb Digital Library by: Keith Townson keithtownson@juno.com Note: With the exception of the "Tate City District," Towns County was part of Union County until 1856. The 1840 Census began 1 June 1840 and was to end within 10 months.Each entry haves the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males under 5 years of age, of 5 and under 10, of 10 and under 15, of 15 and under 20, of 20 and under 30, of 30 and under 40, of 40 and under 50, of 50 and under 60, of 60 and under 70, of 70 and under 80, of 80 and under 90, of 90 and under 100, of 100 and upwards in the household. These numbers were followed by free white femlaes of the same age groups. The head of the family is included. Example: Ebineza Fain 111041-200001 Means that in this household are 1 male under 5 years, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 0 males from 15-20, 4 males 20-30, 1 male 30-40, then a dash, 2 females under 5, 0 females 5-10,0 females 10-15, 0 females 15-20, 0 females 20-30, 1 female 30-40 years old The census was taken by John Butt, Jr. The Toal Population was: 3,152 Names listed here as they were spelled by the census taker. Some of the letters that look alike are: J and I, S and L, LY and LEY, TT and LT, I and E, IE and EE, O and U, IN and H, and others. In several instances, the census taker did not cross T'S; others he crossed L's. PAGE 2 1. Ebineza Fain 111041-200001 2. Asbury Curtis 22001-10001 3. Joseph Thomas, Sr. 0000001-00010001 4. John Butt, Sr. 00010101-00001001 5. Elisha Hedden 1001-0001 6. William Jones 0011201-011001 7. Zachariah Baker 20002-10002 8. David Hawkins 220001-11001 9. Drury Roach 110001-100001 10. Arthur Gilbert 10001-100001 11. John Akins 0121101-00000001 12. Hugh Capeheart 0000100001-20001 13. Henry M. Farlin 10001-100001 (McFarland?) 14. Abraham Moore 10001-3 15. Lilly Casedy 0001-010001 16. Alfred Butt 00001-0001 17. William Blalock 11001-200001 18. Alexandrew Duncan 0110001-1110001 19. March Addington 111001-231001 20. David Curtis 00001-10001 21. William Addington 00000000001-0000100001 22. William Alexandrew 00001-00001 23. Moses Gilispie 200001-01001 24. Mary Ann Hood 0-000200001 25. James Gilispie 220001-001001 26. Benjamin W. Walkins 020001-210001 27. David C. Bowers 100001-30001 28. Samuel Harris 00010001-231001 29. Robert Tailor 000000001-1000020001 30. Elizabeth Gilbert 011-101001 31. John Gilispie 00100000001-1000100001 PAGE 3 32. David Thompson 2110001-0101 33. Wilson Johnson 000001-20001 34. Jesse R. Beavers 10001-00001 35. Miles Southern 0212001-110001 36. Barrnett M. Poteete 100001-020001 37. Abraham Bruce 120101-010201 38. John Reece 110001-11001 39. William Patterson 20001-10001 40. John R. Hamlin 110001-1001 41. Amos Patterson 020001-210001 42. John Chastain 112110101-120101 43. George Patterson 2120001-010001 44. James Kincaid 10001-0001 45. John Patterson 00001-0001 46. Johnathan Lenard 01200001-0002101 47. Joseph Beasley 1200001-0010001 48. William Hughes 2221001-0000011 49. John P. Owenby 212001-110101 50. Robert B. Conley 1121001-1111001 51. John Winters 020001-0110001 52. Joseph Moore 10011001-00000001 53. John Hudgiens 120001-210001 54. Benjamin Ledford 1013001-0011001 55. Samuel Moore 00001-0001 56. John Williams 00001-00001 57. James Henderson 0111001-0100001 58. John B. Galaway 00001-0001 59. Samuel Patterson 110001-100010001 60. Potor Owenby 10001-00001 (Porter) 61. Potor Owenby 000120001-010000001 62. Samuel Morgan 00001-20001 PAGE 4 63. John Jones 00202001-00110001 64. Miles M. Roberts 20002-00001 65. John Rider 120001-111001 66. John Club 20001-10001 67. James Addington 0112101-2100101 68. Young Abercrombie 222001-200001 69. David H. Parish 10001-20001 70. Joseph Huckeby 0220001-301201 71. John Thomas 11211-001011 72. Thomas Houstan 111001-020001 73. John Green 21001-00001 74. Jesse Brock 110002-100001 75. George Brock 1-0102201 76. Owins Justice 10001-10001 77. Leuther Wallis 1110001-0101101 78. James Reece 00001-00001 79. George Lundermilk 22200001-010001 (Loudermilk) 80. William Kenaday 0012101-0210001 81. John Gaddis 0120101-1101001 82. James A. Beord 00010001-0000001001 83. John Gurley 00010001-0022001 84. Iredell Gaddis 100001-120001 85. John S. Waters 010001-111001 86. Henry Gurley 00001-20001 87. Harrison Johnson 20001-000001 88. Aron Milles 11200001-00010001 89. Jacob Cockran 00212001-0011101 90. John Cootcher 1001201-0011101 91. Lewis Goddis 100001-111001 (Gaddis) 92. James Godis 311101-1 93. John J. Slorgell 20001-10001 PAGE 5 94. William Cavender 002001-12001 95. Macky Brown 1211001-2111001 96. Hiram Thomas 21001-10001 97. William E. Beard 10001-10001 98. Young J. Thomaston 202001-120001 99. Drury Goddis 210001-000001 100. A. J. Meares 00001-0001 101. William McLoed 0011001-002001 102. John D. Cavender 10001-00001 103. James Broockshear 10001-30001 104. Drury Gaddis 100010001-200110001 105. Johnnathan Johnson 001200001-01002001 106. Elisha Hunt 100001-1001 107. Henry Day 10001-0001 108. Reubin E. Bramblet 00001-10001 109. Andre J. Russell 10001-10001 110. Jacob W. Hawkins 100001-02011 111. Reubin Gregory 2000100001-01001 112. Tobias Gutny 00001001-00021101 113. James Willis 131001-201001 114. William Grantham 0021001-000001 115. Levina Denton 0-00001 116. James Feogl 200001-20000001 117. Samuel Y. Jamerson 001001-000001 PAGE 6 118. Thomas Berry 0110001-0021002 119. Thomas Ledford 311001-010001 120. Linchfield Parkes 00001-10001 121. Joel R. Brown 10001-2000100001 122. Martin Teayl 00001-00001 123. William A. Brown 20001-10001 124. Absalom Hooper 0010101-1312001 125. Andrew Hooper 0020101-0102001 126. Andrew Sperlin 1201001-2000001 127. Samuel S. Ensly 00001-00001 128. Joel Johnson 010001-001 129. Josiah Carter 000001-32002 130. John L. Kelly 0100021-121001 131. David Brown 1110001-1200001 132. James Holden 0300001-101001 133. Elom H. Davis 10001-21001 134. Pleasant Qween 10001-01001 135. William Woods 001001-1111001 136. Isac Barnes 0000201-0 137. Elijah Barnes 011001-10100101 138. James Barnes 00000000001-00000000001 139. Council Haynes 0001001-00110001 140. Jacob Cluenger 0111001-1011201 (Cloninger or Clonginger) 141. James K. Byers 210001-02001 142. Jarrat Burch 00210001-00110001 143. Nathaniel DeHart 000000001-000000001 144. William C. Brown 0000001-0000001 145. William Wikle 10001-112101 146. James B. Ross 00001000001-000100001 147. John Matherson 1100001-112101 PAGE 7 148. John Loyd 100011-21001 149. John Pusy 210001-001001 (Posy?) 150. Isac Nickolson 01312001-00020001 151. Christopher Burch 110001-121001 152. Dier Burch 10001-10001 153. Robert Bier 310001-020001 154. Joseph Killpatric 0100000001-0000010001 155. William Morgan 00101-3100001 156. Henry H. Burch 0001-0001 157. James Simms 1221001-101001 158. John P. Burch 22001-110001 159. Adam Corn 01101001-0020101 160. Kinchen Harrison 1131001-1010001 161. Harrison Gipson 2110001-011100101 162. Levi Coffee 000000001-000021001 163. Joseph Burch 10001-20001 164. James Oorsburn 210101-132101 165. Joel Johnson 001001-001001 166. Morton Saunders 20002-00001 167. William Carroll 100001-000020001 168. George H. Warde 01001-22001 169. Henry Alston 01223101-01101101 170. William Loyed 1110001-1211001 171. James C. Highwood 0000000001-0000010001 172. James M. Banks 101001-220001 173. Isac Wilkinson 00002-00001001 174. John Johnson 02111001-1111001 175. Toliver L. Smith 000010001-10001 176. Isac Foster 001001-010001 177. John Thomas 1111001-0122001 178. Daniel Cook 00001-00001 PAGE 8 179. Jesse Larasken 100001-00010101 (Lavaskue) 180. Jesse McMinn 0111101-10020010001 181. Charles Bramblet 1001-00001 182. John T. Brison 210001-00101 183. William Wright 000000001-0 184. Willis R. Woody 1111001-121001 185. Adam Daner 001021-00101 186. Hugh Rogers 1100001-211101 187. William B. Woody 10100100001-1111001000001 188. Eliza Underwood 0100101-2014201 189. Benjamin Horler 000110001-00100001 190. William Gaddis 0000001-001001 191. Lewis Vanzant 110011-21001 192. Isac N. Leer 100001-21001 193. James Greenwood 200001-00001 194. John Mathis 100000001001-0011101 195. Samuel Lovengood 1122101-11000011 196. Robert R.Duckworth 2000101-01002 197. John Love 01210001-0100001 198. William Underwood 10001-10001 199. Ransom Moore 000001-0101100001 200. John M. Enny 0110001-0101100001 201. Moses Smith 0110001-2222001 202. Obidiah Walters 011001-221001 203. Joseph A. Johnson 110001-111001 204. Bennett Underwood 011001-211201 205. Thomas Thomas 000001-10001 206. James Long 211001-231010001 207. Daniel Kellan 0000001-122001 208. Benjamin F. Thomas 1200001-10001 209. Green W. Davis 011001-22001 PAGE 9 210. Lewis Little 110001-201 211. Obed Cook 1-00001 212. Elisha Carroll 010001-012001 213. Rilent P. Ray 200001-020001 214. Benjamin Burk 02112001-01010001 215. David Duncan 200001-01010001 216. Joseph Dier 00001-20001 217. Abraham Liles 10001-0001 218. Reubin Ward 120001-20001 219. Jesse Reed 00100001-00010001 220. B. F. Boyd 00111-0101 221. Austin Hawkins 00001-00001 222. Thomas Hawkins 000000001-00110001 223. John Anderson 1200101-0011001 224. Joseph C. Neece 10001-30001 225. Wilson Yarbrough 000001-121001 226. Benjamin Hensley 010010001-00100001 227. William Mulky 200001-020001 228. George Gaddis 111101-101001 229. Spencer Burnett 00001-11001 230. William crow, Jr. 30001-00001 231. Jesse Fielder 11001-20001 232. Thomas Crow, Jr. 10001-00001 233. James Sutton 11112001-0130001 234. Thomas Boling 122201-100101 235. William Burk 00001-0001 236. Isac Crow 310001-11001 237. Jermiah M. Rodgers 0001-22101 238. Charity Jones 001-0000010001 239. Richard W. Roberts 100011-22201 240. Ebeneza Wetzel 00000-21201 PAGE 10 241. George Redden 00001-0001 242. Bailus Kilpatric 1210001-011101 243. Waly Nicholson 0200001-000101 (Walter) 244. Milton Brown, Jr. 100010001-000100001 245. Martin England 111021-221001 246. Jesse Gibbet 12200000-0 (Gilbert?) 247. Frederick Botttt 22110001-101101 (Bottle?) 248. William Roberts 00120001-00002001 249. Benjamin Allen 00001-00001 250. William D. Allen 10001-00001 251. Walton Spiva 10001-10001 252. Charles Duncan 00011001-000001001 253. William McDaniel 020001-3 254. Elisha Duncan 002001-111 255. Joseph Thomas, Jr. 00001-0 256. William H. Deving 000101-10001 257. Zemus Sullivan 00002-00002 258. Luke Birunn 211001-110001 259. Nathaniel S. Payne 0001-00001 260. William Ledford 1100001-121201 261. Barrot Underwood 2011001-012001 262. Amos Curtis 00110001-01020001 263. Elija England 11010011-121101 264. Sarah McLuer 00011-00101001 265. John Kirby 0112001-01200011 266. William Nicholson 2002001-010001 267. Elijah Kimsy 03001-20001 268. John Stevenson 0000001001-000000001 269. Joel Coffee 010001-21101 270. Margrate Trount 12-1010001 271. Michael Trout 0100100001-010030001 PAGE 11 272. William Poteete 011001-112001 273. Lewis Patterson 00001-10001 274. William King 000000001-000100001 275. Andrew J. Clark 11001-11001 276. Joseph Patterson 00121001-0300001 277. Emry Gaddis 100001-210001 278. Richard P.Robinson 20001-00001 279. Henry Miller 221001-011001 280. Moses Anderson 00002001-00100001 281. John Beaver 0000101-001001 282. James Morrow 003200001-0000201 283. William Sulivan 211001-110101 284. John Patterson 0010000001-0000010001 285. Isabella Price 00001-0000001 286. William Jones 1111001-0120001 287. James Parkes 000001-10001 288. Abel Anderson 1000001-1120010011 289. Isaac Anderson 02100001-111001 290. John G. Parks 100001-22101 291. John Irwin 220001-013101 292. Joel Roach 11110001-202001001 293. Hutson Butter 101001-1111001 294. John Brown 00100001-0001001 295. William Brown 10001-10001 296. Elisha Harrison 001-0010001 297. Hannah Vancel 0001-00100001 (Vancet or Vandzandt?) 298. John Patterson 1211001-000002 299. Thomas E. Dillard 102001-11000100101 300. John Vesage 11001-00001 301. Alexandrew Sheaklan1212001-2000001 (Shanklin) 302. Charles Henson 00110001-10011001 PAGE 12 303. Elizabeth Mathis 00003-1121101 304. Ephrim Smith 100001-11001 305. Armor Kelly 23001-10001 306. Archibald Collins 00001-10001 307. Joseph Henson 222201-121001 308. Vickory Smith 001100001-001001001 309. Jeremiah Harrison 32101-01001 310. George M. Love 00002-1001 (McLove?) 311. John Fouse 200001-020001 212. Jesse Asburn 1110001-011001 313. Romulus A. Brown 01001-21001 314. John Brown 00000001-0112001 315. Allen Ball 100001-01001 316. Elisha Rogers 2021001-0210001 317. Samuel Allen 00210001-00110001 318. Johnson M. Roberts 20001-10001 319. Henry Harrison 10001-10001 320. Daniel Woodring 0203101-0200001 321. George Clunger 10001-10001 (Cloninger or Clonginger) 322. Joshua Miller 00001-01001 323. Little Auburn 100001-110001 324. Jeremiah Wood 00001-00001 325. Abner B. Chastain 1310011-020001 326. John Carroll 031001-231001 327. James Pitner 011001-210001 328. Samuel Denton 30001-10001 329. William Smith 2110001-010001 330. Harmon Brown 10001-01101 331. Johnathan Denton 0012001-011101 332. Jarrate Burch, Jr. 00002-20001 333. Job Thomas 01010001-0000101 PAGE 13 334. Matthew Johnson 00001-10001 335. Jesse Fore 0012001-0001001 336. Wm F. Wood 10001-00001 337. David Letters 100001-140001 338. John Wood 2101001-1121001 339. Sanford Carptner 00001-10001 340. David Lain 000001-212001 (McLain?) 341. John Bryson 1010111001-02101001 342. William Cathy 00004001-10011001 343. David McLuer 000001-10001 344. David Kimsey 010001-110001 345. James W. Mury 12101-110001 346. Thos McLuer 0000000001-110020001 347. Emos Crawford 00001-20001 348. William Kimsey 1022001-1300001 349. John Haynes 10012-10011 350. George Platt 1111001-121101 351. James Crow, Sr. 0020001-221101 352. James Stephens 12210001-0111201 353. Joel Underwood 110001-110001 354. Alexandrew Mcree 21001-11201 355. George Ledford 210011-011001 356. Flemon Parks 01220001-2001001 357. Archibal McCollum 000001-11001 358. Baily Patterson 00001-10001 359. Hiram McCain 100001-221001 360. Thomas Crow 000001-212001 361. Elias Langham 01120001-0011001 362. Emanuel Burnett 20001-00001 363. Mira Fox 012-110001 364. Tilman Cox 110011-003111 PAGE 14 365. John Butt, Jr. 210001-10001 366. Drury Logan 1100001-12101 367. Benjamin Jolly 10001-00001 368. William Thomas 110001-01001 369. Mauman Sange 1111001-012001 370. William Leasure 200001-010001 371. John Martin 002011-010101 372. Peter Flowers 001101-0000001 373. Andrew Flowers 102101-020101 374. Soloman Rich 210001-02001 375. William H. F. Fitts013201-210001 376. John Roach 0000000001-000000001 377. Job Self 2101001-2112001 378. Soloman Seabolt 121001-100001 379. Joseph Walker 1000001-11001 380. Mary Walker 0-000000001 381. Abraham Pless 0010001-001001 382. Michael Tanner 01010010001-0000001001 (Aged 81, Michael Tanner is a Pensioner for Revolutionary or Military services.) 383. Abraham Tanner 000001-410011 384. Burk Hawkins 10001-10001 385. Joseph Henson, Sr. 0220100001-0212201001 386. Reubin Beasly 11000001-102001 387. Elias Berry 00001-20011 388. John J. Johnson 01010001-100001 389. Rachel Wilson 01211-1000101 390. Josiah Daniel 112001-210001 391. Enoch Swim 111001-120001 392. Jeremiah Kettles 001100001-01001001 393. Charles Crumby 110001-11001 394. Alford West 0001-0001 395. John Hunter 000000001-000101 PAGE 15 396. Rolin Wimpey 00001-1001 397. Johnson P. Wellborn10002-10001 398. Solomon Chatmon 00001-0201 399. Henry Lance 43001-100001 400. William Twiggs 0130001-0102 401. Thomas Rutherford 210021-10001 402. John Pain 21001-21001 403. John Prater 000010001-000100001 404. Russell Williams 00001-2001 405. John West 01010001-000001 406. Little Engram 22100001-223001 407. James Nix 21001-10001 408. Jarrett Turner 110001-22001 409. Eli Townsel 112101-110001 (Townsend or Townsley?) [Note from Keith somewhere between 400 and 420 the numbers changed or got lost while being transcribed by Loreittia R. Hayden, so I restarted at 420 where I do see it as 420. I do not know if 10 people are missing or the lines were just numbered wrong.] 420. Elisha Dyer 010201001-00200001 421. Benjamin Alison 100001-112001 422. Philip Wallis 000010001-1200100001 423. Jason Hix 210001-00001 424. James Frady 30001-010001 425. William Hall 11011-001001 426. Jonathan Cook 00001-10001 427. William Cook 01001001-00231001 428. Thomas R. Self 11001-30001 429. Joseph Souther 011001-220001 430. John Humphris 21001-11001 431. William Jackson 120100101-0210001 432. Levi Crow 01110001-001-00001 433. John Crow, Sr. 0100000001-2130001 434. David Fisher 00001-00001 435. William Odum 10310001-1100101 436. William Penion 100001-10001 PAGE 16 437. Thomas M. Hughs 020001-21102 438. William Daniel, Jr.11001-01001 439. John Southern 210001-022001 440. Thompson Collins 0120001-01000001 441. Willis Twiggs 000011-21001 442. Micagah dyer 00001-0001 443. Samuel R. Lance 11001-20001 444. John Crow, Jr. 00100001-0001101 445. Alferd Nicholson 1222001-0201001 446. James Hill 211001-210001 447. Thomas B. Stanton 000001-11001 448. William Crow, Sr. 200001-12001 449. Thomas Deen 220001-110001 450. Ezekiel Akins 110001-12001 451. Enoch Hood 00210001-00020001 452. Eli Deen 10001-01001 453. Jacob Prator 021001-101001 454. James Mc Arany 22001-00001 455. William Reace 00001-0001 456. Robert B. Self 00001-10001 457. Lenard Ballow 0-00000001 458. Leason Spivy 111001-111101 459. Moses Pool 01100001-22001 460. Carson Davis 000001-20001 461. David Duckworth 010101-2021010001 462. William J. Hunter 000011-00001 463. Jonas Hix 010001-11001 464. Jesse Hix 0001-00001 465. Arrn Wimpey 312001-010001 466. Thompson Collins,Jr00001-0001 467. William Self 12001-10001 Page 17 468. John Tanner 001001-211001 469. Elijah Denton 0010001-000001 470. William J. Woods 00001-001 471. George M. Denton 10001-100010001 472. William Eller 10001-10001 473. William Visage 0000001-000110001 474. John Shook 20001-12001 475. Robert N. H. Hawell00001-10001 (Howell) 476. Edward Chastain 001001-22101 477. Jesse Russell 022001-200001 478. Enas Hooper 122101-1120001 479. Walter M. Barrell 00001-0001 (Burrell) 480. David L. Shelton 00001-10001 481. Benjamin Chastain 21102001-0111001 482. Jesse Burrang 210001-11001 (Berrong) 483. Bright Burrell 1200001-0001001 484. James Chastain 100101-1222101001 485. Mathew Rodgers 0001-00000001 486. Johnson Rodgers 00001-10001 487. Joseph Allen 000100001-000000001 488. Joseph C. Chastain 10001-10001 489. Abner Chastain 211001-111001 490. Levi J. Frady 00001-10001 491. John Carne 00001-1000001 492. Thomas Pack 200001-121001 493. Oliver C. Holcomb 10001-00001 494. Edward Rogers 00101-10001 495. Canon Sluphins 00001-10001 (Stephens) SLAVES: Salves are also given by age and sex groups, but only the total number belonging to a household is given here. John Butt, Sr. 2, Hugh Capeheart 1, Alfred Butt 1, Johnnathan Johnson 1, Absalom Hooper 1, David Brown 10 (of whom 1 male and 1 female were "100 and upwards" years old), John Pusy 2, Morton Saunders 23, William Carroll 3, George W. Warde 8, William Loyed 3, Reubin Ward 7, Joel Coffee 11, Isabella Price 2, John Butt, Jr. John Hunter 4, Thompson Collins 3, and Abraham Pless 1. Transcribed by Loreita R. Hayden [Date unknown] ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 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