We continue the Bullitt County 1850 census written by Mrs. W. V. Mathis, Wallace A. McKay and W. C. Barrickman. Betty Darnell shared this in The Pioneer News on 5 Mar 1990.
These records have been briefly compared to images of the census pages, and occasional additions or corrections have been made. Those changes we consider significant are noted with red print. Also, the census dwelling house number and family number according to visitation has been added, like this: [1/1].
17 June 1949
Census Page 19 (continued)
[138/138] Mathias SMOCK 5O farmer, Sarah, 16, Porthena 14, Hester Ann 10.
[139/139] Henry JONES 29, Catherine 18, Baily W. 7, Sarah C. 8 months.
[140/140] James RISLEY 56 farmer, Rebecca 53, Susan 32; Aschal A. 23, Amelia 19, Samuel 12, Jesse T. 9, Rebecca 5; James SMOCK 27 schoolteacher.
[141/141] George TYLER 39 gunsmith (son of Moses and Amy BLANKENBAKER TYLER, widow of Geo., to whom she was married at the age of 13; in 1850, she was 53, and lived wiih her son George), Candace 23, Phoebe 16, Presley 18.
[142/142] John CUTTER 25 farmer, Amanda 25 (daughter of Geo. TYLER Sr. and Amy BLANKENBAKER), William H. 3.
[143/143] Harrison TYLER (brother of George) 56 farmer, Isabel 20, M. T. 4 months.
Census Page 20
[144/144] Nelson, KING 43 farmer, Charlotta 36 (daughter of Thomas RUSSELL), John. A. 15 (son of Nelson's first wife), Charles 9, William 7, James 2; Ann WIGGINTON 14.
[145/145] James R. CHINSMITH? (CHENOWETH?) 39 shoemaker, Margaret 30, H. G. 12, Angelina 11, Isabella 8, Damascus 6, Sarah 4, John R. 2.
Next two households combined in newspaper.
[146/146] William MARKWELL 36 farmer, Margaret 23, James W. 5, Charles 4, Joseph 1.
[147/147] Racheal LUX 51, Cynthia 25, Elizabeth 21, Julia M. 24, John A. 18 teacher, Joseph F. 9.
[148/148] Sampson WIGGINTON 33 farmer (son of Seth), Elizabeth 29 (daughter of Gerald W. BRISCOE), V. I. (Virginia) 5, M. G. (Missouri, called "Sue") 4, C. (Commodore) 1, (Another child, Mortimore, died young. Commodore moved to Evansville, Ind., and married there.)
[149/149] Reason GRIFFIN 70, Nancy (STRINGER) 71, Thomas 43 farmer, Jesse 34 farmer, Patsy 34, William 32 laborer, Sarah A. 11, William J. 2 (son of Jesse and his wife Mary Ann - daughter of Richard PRATT Sr.)
Next two households combined in newspaper.
[150/150] Benjamine CLARK 58, Rachel (PRATT) 57, Nancy 21, Richard 16.
Census Page 21
[151/151] John H. BAILEY 49, William A. 21, Mary A. 38, John E. 19, James P. 10, Reuben E. 8, Richard B. 7, Mariah E. 2, Henry W. 1.
Next two households combined in newspaper.
[152/152] Samuel RIDGWAY 42, Mary (GRAVENS) 38, Josiah 19, William R. 14, James 5.
[153/153] Marcia GRAVENS 45, Mary 20, Thomas 18.
[154/154] William PRATT 28 farmer, Sarah 30 (daughter of William GRAVENS), Thomas 6, Elizabeth 4, Eliza 2, William 1. (Richard PRATT, born after 1850, became prominent as a farmer, businessman and deputy sheriff of Bullitt County.)
[155/155] William GRAVENS 69 farmer, Mary 68, William 35, John 35, M. R. 35.
[156/156] Richard PRATT 53 farmer, Nancy 48 (daughter of John and Celia HARRIS CLARK), John 21, Emmaline 19, Celia A. 17, James 15, Richard 10, Mary 12, Nancy 2. Household also shown on another page.
[157/157] John PIERCE 58 farmer, Matilda 53, John 20, Serepia 17, Lucy 16, Barbara HIGDON 68.
Census Page 22
[158/158] Henry B. WIGGINTON (son of Seth) 38 farmer, Jula E. 17, Martha Jane 15, Francis "Frank" M. 13, William F. 10, Columbus E. 5, Sarah M. 3.
[159/159] Washington CLARK 38 (son of Benjamin and Rachel), Hariet Ann 24 (daughter of William COSTIN & granddaughter of Seth WIGGINTON), Nancy J. 7, William L. 4, John F. 1.
[160/160] Elizabeth PIERCE 56, Uriah 28.
This project is presented here with the kind permission of Betty Darnell, and The Pioneer News.
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