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 6 Jul 1992.

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].

---

2 June 1950 (no column)
9 June 1950

ROBERTS-ROBARDS

Lewis ROBERTS of Virginia came to Kentucky soon after Harrodsburg was settled in 1775. He married Rachel DONELSON, also of Virginia, whose parents had a boarding house in Harrodsburg. The marriage was a failure, and in 1792, the couple was divorced by the newly-formed "Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky." Rachel became the wife of Andrew JACKSON, subsequently President of the United States, and Lewis also married again, his second wife being Hannah WINN of Jefferson County, daughter of James and Hannah WITHERS WINN. Benjamin WITHERS, brother of Mrs. WINN, was an early citizen of Bullitt. Hannah and Benjamim WITHERS were children of Thomas WITHERS of Virginia.

Lewis and Hannah ROBARTS, or ROBARDS, as their descendants now spell the name, were the parents of: 1. Mortimer, born 1793; 2. George L., born 1795; 3. William J., born 1797; 4. James W., born 1799; 5. Alfred J., born 1801; 6. Granville C., born 1803; 7. Benjamin F., born 1808; 8. Margaret, born 1810; 9. Elizabeth, born 1801; 10. Robert M., born 1812.

Granville ROBARDS married Rosamond THOMAS, granddaughter of Gen. Henry CRIST. The old general had a lot of granddaughters, besides being a busy man of affairs, and he sometimes forgot or confused the names of members of his family. There were a lot of the ROBARDS boys, too, 8 of them, and when Granville and Rosamond were married, the general wrote to a friend in Baltimore, "one of my granddaughters, I can't recall which one, has just married one of the ROBARDS boys, I don't remember which one, but I think it was Mortimer."

Another son of Lewis ROBARDS, George, married in 1816, Nancy MARAMAN, daughter of Francis (1) and Mary LEE MARAMAN.

1850 census:

[647/647] Alfred J. ROBERTS (ROBARDS) 47 farmer, Mary 31 (daughter of James A. DEACON), Johanna 13, Eliza A. 11, Rebecca 9, Margaret 6, William H. 5 months; James 10, Mary V. 3.

[850/850] Thomas HARRIS 47 farmer (son of Zedekiah and Elizabeth OWEN HARRIS), Isabella (GRANT) 42, Franklin 20, Mary 18, John 16, William 15, Elizabeth 13, Elzie 11, Felix 9, James (or Jane) 5.

[853/853] Simeon HARRIS 69 farmer (son of Thomas and Sarah; he married in 1802, Susan, daughter of William R. OWEN), Lewis 44, Sarah 39.

[854/854] Winfred GENTRY 45 farmer (probably one of Samuel; he married in 1830, Lucy Brashears), Sarah 23, Eliza 19, Benjamin 15, James 12, John 9, William 6, Charles 8 months.

[855/855] Philip KRIEGH 35 blacksmith (married 1848), Rachel 24 (daughter of John HARDMAN), Julia 6, Elizabeth 4, Mary 2, Ann 7 months; James HARDMAN 79 blacksmith (probably father of Rachel); Permelia THURMAN 16.

[856/856] John SHADER 50 merchant, Margaret 32, Conrad 15, Adolphus 19 tinner, Mary 12, Josephine 3, William 1.

[857/857] James VANZANT 39 laborer, Rebecca 28, Margaret 17, James 15, Joseph 10, Mary 8, Martha 5, Futora 5, Flora 2.

[858/858] John NUSZ 31 shoemaker, Chilibina 31, Louisa 6, William 4, George 2; George Kulmar 22 shoemaker, Frederick Leaper 29 shoemaker.

[859/859] John (SHADDOCK) CHADWICK Jr. 39 blacksmith (married 1838), Mary Ann (HOLMES) 38, Susan 15, Mary 14, John 12, William 10, Joseph 8, Elizabeth 6, Elijah 3.

[860/860] George EPERHAMER 32, Adaline 23, Samuel 6, Charles 2 months.

[861/861] Charles McCORMICK 48 forgeman, Elizabeth 42, Flora 17, Harriet 14, Edward 12, Mary 8.

[862/862] E.B. DeWITT 30, Sarah 35, John 5, Maticea 3, Mary 2.

[863/863] William WILLIAMS 34, Elizabeth 33, Thomas 13, Elizabeth 11 , Mary 9, Margaret 7, John 3, Amelia 3 months.

[864/864] John DAVISON 24, Elizabeth 26 (widow of W.P. JACOBS); William JACOBS 11, George 9, James 7, Mary 5; James V. DAVISON 1.

16 June 1950

Jack JOUETT, Virginia's "Paul Revere"

Colonel Edward S. JOUETT, a great-grandson of Captain Jack JOUETT, tells the story of his ancestor's midnight ride in 1781, to save Thomas JEFFERSON and the state government of Virginia from capture by the British, in the April issue of the Filson Club's History Quarterly. Jack JOUETT of Virginia later became a citizen of Kentucky, and many of his kinsmen are today residents of Bullitt and Jefferson counties.

After the Revolution Jack JOUETT emigrated to Kentucky. At Harrodsburg in 1784 he married Sallie ROBARDS, whose brother, Lewis, has numerous descendants now living in Bullitt County. They had 12 children, 8 sons and 4 daughters, one of the sons, Matthew Harris JOUETT, who died at the age of 40, became a noted artist, with a national reputation.

---

This project is presented here with the kind permission of Betty Darnell, and The Pioneer News.

If you, the reader, have an interest in any particular part of our county history, and wish to contribute to this effort, use the form on our Contact Us page to send us your comments about this, or any Bullitt County History page. We welcome your comments and suggestions. If you feel that we have misspoken at any point, please feel free to point this out to us.