1840 Federal Census, Harrison County, Kentucky (File 11 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 ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Employ Employ Military White White White White White White Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Employ Employ Nav of Profesr Service Deaf & Deaf & Deaf & Insane Insane Deaf & Deaf & Deaf & Insane Insane Head of Household Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Males Males Males Males Males Males Females Females Females Females Females Females Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Employ 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 ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= 150 1 Barrett Wesley 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 16 6 150 2 Vanfossen* Jesse 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 9 1 150 3 Kimbrough Major 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 18 10 150 4 Whiteaker Josiah 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 Ann Whiteaker 79 150 5 Hutton Thomas 1 1 1 3 1 150 6 Bruce John 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 150 7 Steers Rollings 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 150 8 Crawford Chilson 1 1 1 3 1 1 150 9 Harding Hiram 1 1 1 1 150 10 Vanderin James 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 14 4 150 11 Wiggins Enoch M. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 150 12 Robinson Norman 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 1 150 13 Victor James John 1 1 1 1 4 1 150 14 Mattox John W. 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 12 5 150 15 Dills * 1 2 1 1 5 2 150 16 Thompson * 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 8 4 150 17 Nesbit Mary 1 1 150 18 Dills O. Perry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 150 19 Anderson Francis 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 3 150 20 Dills Sarah M. 1 1 1 2 1 6 1 150 21 Dills David 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 150 22 Veatch Thomas 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 11 5 150 23 Smith Mary 1 1 1 1 4 2 150 24 Maffitt Mildred 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 2 150 25 Sterman Silas G. 1 1 1 3 1 150 26 Waits John 1 1 1 1 4 2 150 27 Martin Sarah 1 1 1 3 2 150 28 Martin Edward 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 3 150 29 McGhand* Daniel 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 13 4 150 30 Franklin Erius 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 150 31 Magh Nancy 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 22 3 150 32 11 12 11 12 12 6 3 7 4 1 11 11 10 8 8 10 4 5 2 1 14 13 5 1 17 20 10 6 244 70 3 1 4 ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Employ Employ Military White White White White White White Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Colored Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Slaves Employ Employ Nav of Profesr Service Deaf & Deaf & Deaf & Insane Insane Deaf & Deaf & Deaf & Insane Insane Head of Household Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Males Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Females Males Males Males Males Males Males Females Females Females Females Females Females Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Employ 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 ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= 151 1 Brown John 1 1 1 2 1 6 1 1 16 151 2 Browning George 1 1 1 1 4 2 151 3 Carr Thomas 1 1 1 1 1 5 151 4 Hamilton Major Thomas 1 2 6 1 10 3 1 151 5 Painter William 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 11 1 151 6 Smith Michael 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 16 8 1 151 7 Lair John W. 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 10 151 8 McClintock David 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 3 151 9 Lair John W. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 3 151 10 Lennox John W. 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 151 11 Lair * 2 1 1 2 1 8 151 12 Lewis Charles 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 4 1 27 15 151 13 Ravenscraft * 1 1 1 2 1 3 9 151 14 Thornton Lucy 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 16 2 1 151 15 Sharp George 1 1 2 1 2 7 3 151 16 McConnell William 1 1 1 1 4 151 17 Rash Na**s 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 3 151 18 Ravenscraft Ellen 2 1 2 1 1 7 151 19 Eads Cline 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 17 4 151 20 Lair Mathias 1 1 1 1 1 6 151 21 Lennox John 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 8 1 151 22 Gano M. Gunther 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 4 151 23 Humble * 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 8 1 1 151 24 Morrison Richard 1 1 1 3 1 151 25 Bowen Alfred B. 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 151 26 Bean Hannah 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 12 3 151 27 Smith William 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 12 4 151 28 Gregory Michael 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 14 3 151 29 Walton John 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 14 6 151 30 Walton Caleb 1 1 151 31 Talbert Benjamin 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 151 32 16 17 12 10 14 13 4 3 1 1 1 19 17 2 8 16 8 5 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 11 22 11 6 18 22 6 4 3 285 73 3 1 1 16 3 ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= This page was extremely hard to read. 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Harrison 1 1 1 3 1 152 27 Wilson James 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 13 4 152 28 Wilson William M. 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 152 29 Whaley Benjamin 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 152 30 Endicott Moses 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 10 3 152 31 Maffett William 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 9 2 3 152 32 16 11 12 15 10 11 9 3 2 13 10 10 5 13 5 12 6 1 1 2 2 24 24 10 8 4 23 16 12 5 2 298 79 1 18 3