1840 Federal Census, Harrison County, Kentucky (File 8 of 18) The USGenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Abstracted by David Anderson, September 2000 from public records. Edited and formatted by Kelly Courtney-Blizzard, October 2000. Submitted by David Anderson September 30, 2000. A volunteer has not yet been found to proofread this transcription. If you are interested in doing this please contact the USGW Census Project. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. dandersn@c-zone.net This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project. ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1840 federal census for Harrison County, Kentucky ____________________________________________________________________________ Census_Year 1840 Microfilm # M704-113 State Kentucky County Harrison District Not Listed Enumerator Henry Thompson; Perry Whewill 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Employ Employ Manf'r Nav of Lakes & and Pensioner Dumb Dumb Dumb Public Private Dumb Dumb Dumb Public Private University # of Academic or # of Primary & # of Page # Line # Last Name First Name 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99 100+ 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ Mining Agricul Commerc Trades Oceans Rivers Engneer Name Age 0-13 14-25 25+ Blind Charge Charge 0-13 14-25 25+ Blind Charge Charge or College Studnts Grammr School Studnts Common Schools Studnts Remarks ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= 139 1 Hughes John 1 1 1 3 1 42 139 2 Tisdale James 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 11 3 139 3 Fishback Nevil 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 10 4 139 4 Bushford Gilbert E. 1 1 1 3 1 139 5 Hogg Thomas 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 139 6 Gray James 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 3 139 7 Cogswell William 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 4 2 1 21 6 139 8 Cleveland Eli 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 12 2 139 9 Boyer Jacob Sr. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 3 139 10 Bighter John B. 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 16 5 139 11 Trimble John Jr. 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 12 3 139 12 Bassett Benjamin 1 1 1 1 4 1 139 13 Cummings Thomas E. 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 12 2 139 14 Cochran William 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 12 3 139 15 Spears Adam 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 11 3 139 16 Brown Francis 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 3 1 1 25 6 139 17 Wornall Thomas 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 13 4 139 18 Mozee George 1 1 1 1 4 2 139 19 Stout Thomas 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 139 20 Frazier Joel 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 139 21 Patterson Joseph 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 6 5 2 1 1 31 8 139 22 Brown Samuel 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 20 6 139 23 Martin James 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 19 5 139 24 Sparks Wesley 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 17 6 139 25 Murdock John J. 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 14 3 139 26 Tucker Mary 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 16 4 139 27 Brand Elizabeth B. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 4 139 28 Tucker William G. 1 1 1 3 1 139 29 Hamilton John H. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 2 139 30 Lail John Junr. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 12 3 139 31 Lail John Senr. 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 7 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 33 10 139 32 17 20 11 16 15 12 6 6 2 1 1 15 8 21 10 11 13 8 4 2 1 1 32 41 10 4 2 44 27 19 8 2 395 101 9 1 2 1 42 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Employ Employ Manf'r Nav of Lakes & and Pensioner Dumb Dumb Dumb Public Private Dumb Dumb Dumb Public Private University # of Academic or # of Primary & # of Page # Line # Last Name First Name 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99 100+ 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ Mining Agricul Commerc Trades Oceans Rivers Engneer Name Age 0-13 14-25 25+ Blind Charge Charge 0-13 14-25 25+ Blind Charge Charge or College Studnts Grammr School Studnts Common Schools Studnts Remarks ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= 140 1 Snell Mary 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 4 1 18 140 2 Whittlesay S.-Teacher 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 4 140 3 Snell John 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 4 140 4 Shawhon Joseph 1 2 1 1 2 4 4 5 3 3 2 1 29 8 140 5 Ewalt John 1 3 1 1 6 140 6 Hall Harvey 1 1 1 1 3 1 8 3 140 7 Hall Rebecca 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 2 140 8 Fry John 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 15 5 140 9 Frazier James 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 3 140 10 Smith Nicholas 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 13 2 140 11 Lair Malthins 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 3 140 12 Snodgras Catherine 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 10 2 140 13 Hinkson Humphrey 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 140 14 Conrad Humble 1 1 1 2 1 6 2 140 15 Pugh George 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 11 3 140 16 Jacob Milton 2 1 1 2 1 7 2 140 17 Stuart Robert 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 140 18 David Michael 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 140 19 Smiser George Sr. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 140 20 Sparks Silas H. 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 15 4 140 21 Burgess William 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 140 22 Snodgrass William 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 11 2 2 140 23 Keller Abraham 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 14 6 140 24 Smiser Davis 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 140 25 Miller Mary 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 16 6 140 26 Berry Janus W. 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 8 2 140 27 Blackburn David 1 1 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 2 1 20 5 140 28 Smith Martin 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 16 5 140 29 Remmington James 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 140 30 Skinner James 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 5 1 3 2 2 24 6 140 31 Kinslow James 1 1 2 1 6 2 140 32 14 21 12 8 15 4 3 24 11 8 10 9 14 2 5 1 1 1 27 33 15 10 3 29 19 16 10 1 344 93 2 1 18 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Employ Employ Manf'r Nav of Lakes & and Pensioner Dumb Dumb Dumb Public Private Dumb Dumb Dumb Public Private University # of Academic or # of Primary & # of Page # Line # Last Name First Name 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99 100+ 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ 0-9 10-23 24-35 36-54 55-100 100+ Mining Agricul Commerc Trades Oceans Rivers Engneer Name Age 0-13 14-25 25+ Blind Charge Charge 0-13 14-25 25+ Blind Charge Charge or College Studnts Grammr School Studnts Common Schools Studnts Remarks 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14 4 141 3 Moore M.D. 1 1 1 1 1 5 141 4 Moore Andrew 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 5 1 3 1 1 28 6 1 141 5 Ashbrook Aaron 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 12 4 141 6 McMillin Andrew F. 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 14 4 1 141 7 Brandon Benjamin 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 26 6 John Wood 90 141 8 Herne Burton 1 1 141 9 Ekler Jacob 1 1 2 1 1 6 2 141 10 Shawhorn John 1 2 1 4 8 2 141 11 Garnett Lewis 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 141 12 Falconer Edmund 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 11 2 141 13 Falconer Abraham 3 1 1 1 6 2 141 14 Falconer Nathaniel 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 9 2 141 15 Fry Benjamin 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 12 4 141 16 Dowd Walter 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 13 4 1 141 17 McKinny Edward 1 1 1 2 1 1 18 141 18 McKinny George W. 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 141 19 Hamilton William H. 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 12 2 141 20 * 22 17 8 13 6 9 8 3 1 1 19 8 4 4 8 5 4 1 2 23 15 5 5 3 12 6 8 3 1 224 45 2 2 1 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of south Licking in Harrison County 6,603" Signed Henry Thompson From next page, it is shown that this is the area that Henry Thompson enumerated and another assistant did the rest of Harrison County. See page 145B statement.