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, except for the first one.
30 December 1949
("The Fighting Dawsons" features William DAWSON, 1818-1895, of the Pitts Point area. He married in 1838 to Margaret Ann LEE, 1822-1895. He joined the Confederate Army, became one of the famed "Orphan Brigade," so called because so many of its leaders were killed in battle.)
Census Page 105
[772/772] William DAWSON 32 farmer, Margaret A. (LEE) 22, Kitty T. 8, Elizabeth E. 6, Rachel L. (Robert L.) 3, William W. 2; William HOWLETT 24 laborer (he married Elizabeth Ellen DAWSON.) Household also shown on another page.
Census Page 84
[616/616] Lloyd GRABLE 25 (son of Philip; married 1850), Elizabeth 19 (daughter of John NEWMAN.)
[617/617 Henry DUKE 50 farmer, Elizabeth 42, Nancy 21, Juliet 19, Mary 13, James 12, John 10, Ann 7, Josephine 4.
[618/618] Washington DAWSON 23 farmer (married 1848), Lucinda 20 (daughter of Samuel SHAWLER), Laura 17 (probably a sister), George W. 3 months; George 45 laborer, (Washington was a cousin of William Sr., he moved to Hardin County.)
Census Page 85
[619/619] John BRADFORD 47 farmer (He moved to Marion County where he established a saw and grist mill at Bradfordsville named in honor of his family.) Nancy 35, William 17, Mary 15, Dorthela 12, Davis 10, George 7, Thomas 5, John 2.
[620/620] Vardaman WELLS 39 farmer, Louisiana 37 (daughter of Joel and Rhoda WILHITE CARPENTER); mary 12, Sarah 10, Thomas 8, Susan 6, Isaac 3, Elizabeth 1. (This family moved to Bloomfield; their children became farmers in Nelson, Spencer, and Anderson Countries.)
[621/621] John STARKS 30 farmer (married 1841), Lydia (SAMUELS) 31, Elizabeth 9.
[625/625] Denis L. MASDEN 36 farmer (married 1843), Elizabeth 23 (daughter of John HOWLETT), John 4.
Census Page 86
[626/626] Pearson CROW 28 farmer (married 1850), Nancy 21, Joseph 5 months; Minerva CROW, Henry 23, Mary 19.
[629/629] Mary HAMILTON 52 (probably Mary STICKLES, widow of Thomas HAMILTON, married 1824), Benjamin 23, Isaac 16, Angeline 17, Steward 13, James 10, Thomas 7.
[630/630] Margaret (GUNTERMAN) STARKS 66 (widow of Daniel or James STARKS, each of whom married a Margaret), Emily 30, Sophia 20; Charles TRIPLETT/TERPLETT 5.
[632/632] George HANCOCK 24 farmer (married 1850), Nancy Malvina 20 (daughter of Charles HART).
This project is presented here with the kind permission of Betty Darnell, and The Pioneer News.
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