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 15 Apr 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 article they focused on the Chapeze family before returning to the census on pages 108-9.
27 January 1950
Census Page 80
[585/585] Benjamin CHAPEZE 74 farmer, Elizabeth 68 (daughter of Adam SHEPHERD), Mary 22, Eulalia 20, Charles 19.
[584/584] Adam CHAPEZE 26 farmer (son of Ben), Maria 23.
(Information from Miss Elizabeth CHAPEZE, only daughter of the late Ben CHAPEZE Jr., of Shepherdsville. Henri CHAPIER was born in 1759 in Nevers, France. He studied medicine and became a surgeon. When in 1776, Henry CHAPEZE, to use the anglicized form of the name, joined the French troops aiding the struggle for American independence, he received a commission as Colonel. He married a daughter of Philip CARTERET at Trenton, New Jersey. After the Revolution, he settled in Bardstown, Kentucky. Co. CHAPEZE died at Bardstown in 1810; his son Ben, born 1776, married Elizabeth Drake SHEPHERD, daughter of Adam and Rachel DRAKE SHEPHERD. Their children were Henry; Susan Shepherd (married 1840, Richard M. WATHEN), John Crozier, Sarah, Adam Shepherd, Benjamin Jr., Mary Rebecca, Eulalia Flaget, Charlotte, and Patrick Kendrick.
Ben CHAPEZE Sr., studied law and practiced at Shepherdsville and Elizabethtown. In 1820 he moved to Bardstown. Sometime after the death of Ben CHAPEZE Sr., his sons, Adam and Ben, located in Nelson County near Clermont. When the Bardstown branch of the L&N Railroad was built, the station on their farm was named Chapeze Station. Here in 1867 the two brothers established a distillery, and their most widely known brand of Kentucky Bourbon was "Old Charter."
The Chapeze distillery was eventually sold to WRIGHT and TAYLOR , and in 1932 they sold it to James HAGAN, a grandson of Adam CHAPEZE.)
Census Page 108
[798/798] Wm. DEACON 28 farmer (son of James A. and Rebecca), America 23 (daughter of Philip and Mandera GRABLE WELLER), Anarpha "Arp" 6, James Philip 5, Alfred 4, Rebecca A. 1.
[799/799] John HARMON 50 farmer (married 1823), Martha 45 (daughter of Simeon HARRIS), Elizabeth 22, Emerine 17, John T. 16, George B. 8, Simeon R. 6, William P. CLARK 12.
Census Page 109
[800/800] John B. BOLTON 50 school teacher (married 1822), Catharine 47 (daughter of Lawrence ROBY Sr.), Lucinda 28, Thomas J. 17, Quincy 14, William 12, Huston 10, America 5.
[801/801] Thomas DEACON 38 farmer (brother of John; married 1849), Martha Jane 24 (daughter of John B. BOLTON).
[802/802] Richard L. HEAD, 37 farmer (married 1838), Caroline (JONES) 34, Isaac T. 10, John E. 7, James W. 5, Mary M. 3, Richard L. 2, Samuel, 1 month.
[803/803] Henderson HIBBS 36 farmer (son of Jonathan; married 1839), Cordelia (HEAD) 25, William 12, America 10, Sarah 7, Samuel 7, John 5, Mariah 3, Zachariah 7 months.
[804/804] Walter MIDDLETON 40 (married 1825), Mary (JONES), John 17, Malvina 14, Fidelia 13, Walton 11, William 10, Robert 8, America 6, Lucy 4.
[805/805] John GREENWELL 25 (married 1846), Catharine L. 20 (daughter of John BOLTON), Mary C. 4, America 2.
This project is presented here with the kind permission of Betty Darnell, and The Pioneer News.
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