1838 Wisconsin Territorial Census - Iowa, Clayton County Transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for the IAGenWeb State Census Project http://iagenweb.org/census/ Copyright (c) 2004 by Sharyl Ferrall ========================================================================== IAGENWEB 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. (http://iagenweb.org/census/) Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== The transcriber has given permission to IAGenWeb to store and utilize the file permanently for free access on IAGenWeb state and county web sites. http://iagenweb.org. A copy may also be stored at the USGenWeb Iowa Archives. May 2004 ========================================================================== Formatted by IAGenWeb Census Project Coordinator, Stephen David Williams All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== Census Year: 1838 Microfilm Number: none (see source information below) State: Iowa County: Clayton Enumerator: J.W. Griffith, Sheriff Clayton Co. W.T. Enumeration Date: 29 May 1838 Transcriber's Notes: No line numbers appear on the original census. Line numbers have been assigned to indicate the listed order. Source: Iowa State Gazetteer, by James T. Hair; Chicago: Bailey & Hair, 1865; Clayton County. pg. 131 pg. 131 After Court the Sheriff commenced taking the FIRST CENSUS, preparatory to an election for the purpose of organizing the county, also including the present State of Minnesota which was attached to Clayton for judicial purposes. * [footnote: *That part "north of Root River and extending west to the extreme part of the territory of Wisconsin," contained at that time 204 white males, 144 white females, four free males of color, and two free females of color, making a total of 354. "The number of persons within my division, consisting of two hundred seventy-four, appears in a schedule hereto annexed, subscribed by me this 29th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. This division is confined to Clayton county proper. J.W. GRIFFITH, Sheriff Clayton Co. W.T."] ============================================================================================================= CENSUS-YEAR: 1838 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Clayton ENUMERATOR: J.W. Griffith ENUM DATE: 29 May 1838 SOURCE: Iowa State Gazetteer, by James T. Hair; Chicago: Bailey & Hair, 1865; Clayton County. pg. 131 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HEADS OF FAMILIES WHITE WHITE TRANSCRIBER'S PG & PRIN'L PERSONS MALES FEMALES TOTAL REMARKS ============================================================================================================= 1 J.W. Griffith 5 6 11 2 Robt. Campbell 3 2 5 3 Elias Miller 1 - 1 4 Dudley Peck 2 - 2 5 David Springer 6 2 8 6 Luther Patch 5 5 10 7 E. Price 5 - 5 8 Henry Redmon 2 2 4 9 Tho's Van Syckle 2 3 5 10 S. Wadsworth 1 1 2 11 James Henderson 6 2 8 12 Geo. W. Jones 5 4 9 13 Luther Mead 2 - 2 14 H.F. Lander 7 3 9 numbers transcribed as in the source 15 S.L. Taintor 1 1 2 16 A.S. Cooley 5 1 6 17 A. Kennedy 4 5 9 18 Wm. Harper 2 4 6 19 C.S. Edson 1 - 1 20 Herman Graybill 2 1 1 numbers transcribed as in the source 21 Wm. Warner 2 3 5 22 Patton mcMellan 3 2 5 23 Robert Hetfield 9 2 11 24 Reuben Decus 2 2 4 25 H.D. Bronson 2 1 3 26 Fred'k Andros 3 2 4 27 S. McMasters 4 - 4 28 Allen Carpenter 2 2 4 29 David Lowry 13 3 16 30 Bradford Porter 1 3 4 31 Jacob Lemmons 3 5 8 32 Henry Johnson 2 - 2 33 John Frost 1 - 1 34 Henry Warner 1 - 1 35 Jesse Dandley 6 - 7 36 E. Boardman 4 - 4 37 Wm. W. Wayman 4 - 4 38 Naham Dudley 2 - 2 39 E.R. Hill 3 - 3 40 Baldwin Ohmstead 7 2 9 41 D.C. Van Syckle 5 2 7 42 Wm. D. Grant 2 - 2 43 Samuel Johnson 2 3 5 44 McCraney 1 2 3 45 E.E. Oliver 5 2 7 46 Wm. Walker 5 4 9 47 Jacob F. Redmon 2 - 2 48 F.L. Rudolph 1 - 1 49 Charles Latrouce 4 4 8 50 S. LaPoint 1 - 2 51 Burns 2 - 2 Totals 181 93 274