Annotated Bullitt County 1850 Census

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 11 Mar 1991.

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].

In this week's article the writers jumped around some. We've rearranged the following households in numerical order.

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23 December 1949

(This column begins with a write-up by Judge Wallace McKay on George W. and Henry O. Maraman.)

[591/591] Issac PURCELL 45 farmer (son of Issac Sr.; his wife was Nancy SWEARINGEN); Rebecca 74 (his mother; daughter of Thomas and Ruth COLLINGS); Daniel 18, Samuel 16, William 15, Archibald 13, Mary 12, Susan 10, Rebecca 8, Sarah 6, Margaret 4, Isaac E. 2.

[592/592] Mary MORROW 26 (Mary SHAIN, widow of Elbridge MORROW), William T. 9, Nathan 7, (married Alice BALL); Theodosia PURCELL 60 (widow of John).

[593/593] Ben F. CALDWELL 40 farmer (married Margaret, daughter of Dorsey and Mary KURTZ HOAGLAND, and sister of Sophia TROUTMAN), James 17, Edward 13, George 6, Samuel 4, Perry BURKS 39; George W. CALDWELL 38.

[594/594] D. B. WHITMAN 48 clerk (iron shipping agent; probably a representative of the Iron Furnace at Belmont); Henry DAWSON 40, William BOYD 25, George DAWSON 40, laborers.

[595/595] John L. PEARMAN 25, Margaret 19 (daughter of John L. DUVALL), Sarah 2.

[596/596] Jesse PEARMAN 60, Martha 40, James 23, Mary 18, Malinda 13, Nancy 13, William 8, Jesse R. 6, Susan 4, Eliza 2.

[599/599] William DEATS 30 shoemaker (married first, 1839, Catherine, daughter of Abel SHAIN; married second, 1849), Amanda Ann (WRIGHT) 21, Preston 8, Barbara 3, Michael 1 month.

[600/600] Richard W. DEATS 42 farmer (married first, 1832, Levina SHAIN; married 2nd, 1850), Mary Ann 21 (daughter of Anthony SHAWLER), Barbara 16, Mary 14, John 6. (About 1868 Richard DEATES moved to Nelson County, settling at "Samuels Depot" which was afterwards called Deatsville.)

[601/601] Wilson FLICK 30 (married, first, Julia SPENCER; married, second, 1844), Rebecca 28 (daughter of William SHAWLER), Louisa 13, Elizabeth 10, William 8, Elias 6, John4, Washington 2.

[602/602] John SNELLEN 42 (pioneer farmer of Bullitt County, married 1829), Nancy 41 (daughter of Enoch LEACH), John 20, Kitty 10, Elizabeth 7, Lythia 5, Doctor 3, Taylor 2 (This family lived near Shepherdsville.)

[603/603] Nancy HOSKINS 60, Elizabeth 20, William N. 19, Rebecca 18.

[604/604] Priscilla JENKINS 65, Harriet 42, Elitha 16.

[605/605] John HAHN 56 farmer, Catherine 45, Sarah 20, Isabell 18, John 16, Mary 14, William 12, Peggy 6, Joseph 4, (John was son of a German immigrant who came to Bullitt County early. Most of his children emigrated west.)

[606/606] Lewis DUVALL 63 farmer (born in Pennsylvania, his father was a descendant of a prominent Maryland family, and came to Kentucky about the time of the war with Mexico), Louisa 52 (daughter of Nancy NAPPER); Cassandra 13, Loretta 9; Philip LUELLEN 55.

[607/607] John M. (Miles) DUVALL 45 farmer (married 1824), Margaret (FINCK) 40, James 22, Thomas 16, Julian 11, Hulda 8, America FOX 7.

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