Slavery in 1820

Almost 30% of Bullitt County heads of households in 1820 owned slaves. Of these 59 claimed 1 slave, 33 claimed 2 slaves, and another 33 claimed 3 slaves. On the other hand, a total of 35 heads of households each claimed 10 or more slaves.

Seven men listed a total of 223 slaves. They included Joseph A. Brooks (69), Jacob Bowman (36), Nathan Harris (26), Charles Jones (25), Henry Crist (24), William Shain (23), and Wilford Lee (20). It is not yet clear how these slaves were employed, although it is likely that a majority were used as agricultural workers.

The chart below lists the slaveholders in census page order, and lists a count, by age, of their slaves. We have tried to accurately spell the names, but there may be some errors as the handwriting was very difficult to read at times. To view the list alphabetically by slaveholders' names, visit this page.

Legend
pg = page of census; ln = line on page
name = name of slaveholder
M1-M4 = male slaves by age; F1-F4 = female slaves by age
1 = under 14; 2 = 14-25; 3 = 26-44; 4 = 45+
ttl = total number of slaves

pg	ln	name	M1	M2	M3	M4	F1	F2	F3	F4	ttl
152	1	Harshfield, John	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
152	4	Graham, Andrew	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
152	7	Brown, Samuel	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3
152	9	Chappell, Abraham	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
154	1	Berkley, Hugh	6	1	4	0	2	0	2	0	15
154	2	Hall, Shadrach	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
154	9	Moore, Lewis	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
154	13	Pilkington, Larkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
154	14	Chappell, William	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
154	16	Blandford, Benjamin	6	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	12
154	17	Blandford, Walter	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	7
154	18	Miller, Benjamin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
154	19	Phelps, Guy	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	7
154	20	Simmons, Joseph	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	5
154	21	Simmons, William	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	6
154	24	Glenn, John	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3
154	25	Hamilton, Edward H.	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
154	26	Waters, William	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
154	29	Simmons, Samuel	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	5
154	30	Pope, Benjamin	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	5
154	31	Miles, Moses	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
154	32	Simmons, Jonathan	4	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	9
156	1	Troutman, Jacob	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
156	3	Harris, Zecheriah	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
156	5	McAhron, William	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
156	8	Thomas, Francis W.	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
156	9	Miles, Nathan	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	8
156	13	Moore, Evan	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
156	14	Crenshaw, Overton	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
156	16	Troutman, Philip B.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
156	17	Grundy, Gardon	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	5
156	18	Morrow, William	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3
156	20	Simmons, Sedwick	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	8
156	21	Hall, Clifton	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3
156	22	Brown, Samuel	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	10
156	23	Hall, Austin	3	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	14
156	24	Vaughn, Joel	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
156	26	McDowell, John	3	1	4	0	0	3	1	0	12
156	28	Shepherd, Rachael	1	1	0	1	3	1	1	1	9
156	29	Lee, John	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
156	31	Lee, Henry Sr.	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4
156	32	Howlett, John	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3
156	33	Slack, Joseph	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
156	35	Glass, Royal	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
158	4	Lee, Willliam	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
158	5	Duvall, Benjamin	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
158	6	Carpenter, Michael	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
158	7	Huston, Joseph	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
158	10	Bowman, Jacob	13	2	3	0	6	5	5	2	36
158	11	Crow, Basel L.	4	0	1	2	4	1	1	1	14
158	13	Marsdon, James	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
158	14	Hoskins, Aquilla	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
158	19	Marsdon, Jonathan	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
158	21	King, John	6	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	16
160	1	Kennady, Daniel	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
160	2	Duvall, Dennis	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
160	3	Purcell, John	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
160	4	Duvall, Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
160	16	Garr, Benjamin	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
160	24	Hall, William	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
160	28	Wise, Caleb	3	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	8
160	29	Crenshaw, Bluford	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
160	30	Wells, Thomas	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	7
160	32	Shanklin, Richard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
160	33	Willson, Jesse	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
162	7	Kinnison, John R.	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	8
162	10	Smith, Peter Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
162	11	Dunn, John	2	3	0	0	3	1	1	0	10
162	12	Shanklin, John	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
162	15	Yocum, Matthias	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
162	21	Gentry, James	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
162	25	Sanders, Joseph	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7
162	28	Brashear, Ignatius	1	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	8
162	29	Field, Henry	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	5
162	30	Evans, Samuel	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
164	2	Froman, Absolom	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
164	3	Willson, Daniel	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
164	4	Crigler, Abraham	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5
164	7	Shain, David	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
164	10	Irons, Agnes	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	5
164	11	Jewell, William	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6
164	21	Fuquay, Henry	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
164	22	Summers, Benjamin	4	2	0	0	6	2	1	0	15
164	23	Stallions, Samuel	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	4
164	26	Quick, Dennis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
164	27	Beckwith, John	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	9
164	28	Lashbrooks, John	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	5
164	34	Willson, John H.	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
166	3	Joyce, Thomas	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	6
166	4	Hedges, Joseph	3	2	1	0	6	0	2	0	14
166	5	Jones, Henry	1	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	11
166	13	Whitledge, Thomas	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4
166	18	McMannis, Charles	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
166	19	Simmons, Levi	3	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	11
166	21	Anderson, John	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
166	30	Jones, Jesse	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
166	31	Sanders, Christian J.	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
168	1	Simmons, William	3	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	9
168	3	Stallions, Samuel	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
168	10	Carter, Mashal	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
168	31	White, Abraham	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
170	9	Buley, John	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	6
170	23	Stansbury, Benjamin	3	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	9
170	24	Williams, John	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	4
172	3	Peyton, Craven	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	8
172	8	Woods, Eliza C.	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
172	16	Barnes, George	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
172	20	Con, James L.	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3
174	3	Reed, John	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
174	4	Simmons, Richard P.	2	0	1	5	1	1	0	0	10
174	5	Brashear, Marsham	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
174	9	Robison, John	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
174	15	Halbert, James	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6
174	18	Murphy, John	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
174	20	Jones, William	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
174	22	Dosier, James J.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
174	23	Graham, John	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
174	24	Alexander, James	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	8
174	27	Robard, George L.	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3
174	28	Beckwith, John W.	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	9
174	30	Oldham, Henry	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
174	31	Huston, Maxwell	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
174	32	Jones, Charles	3	10	7	0	3	2	0	0	25
174	33	Willson, Thomas Q.	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	7
174	34	Hughes, Benjamin	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	8
174	35	Tilford, Weir	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	5
174	36	Gore, Jonathan	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
174	38	Forker, Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
174	40	Sanders, George	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
176	1	Thornberry, Samuel	1	1	1	1	6	0	1	1	12
176	2	Hornbeck, Solomon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
176	9	Hilton, William F.	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
176	10	Crenshaw, Nelson	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	5
176	11	McGruder, Levi	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
176	12	Henson, Benjamin	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
176	13	Newbolt, William	3	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	9
176	22	Briscoe, Harrison	0	3	1	1	5	2	0	0	12
176	24	Sanders, Nathaniel P.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
176	31	Quinn, Auther	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
178	3	Cornwell, Jacob	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
178	16	Simmons, Thomas	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
178	17	Mothershead, Minor	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
178	26	Carpenter, Joel	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
178	37	Crenshaw, Corby	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	8
180	4	Simmons, Griffin	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
180	5	Radliff, Charles	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
180	11	James, Richard	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
180	12	John, James W.	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
180	15	Sanders, Thomas Jr.	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
180	17	Rogers, Elizabeth	1	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	7
180	18	Landers, Thomas	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	9
180	21	Rosson, Jesse	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5
180	22	Brooks, Joseph	12	18	21	0	11	6	1	0	69
180	25	Shanklin, Sarah	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5
180	28	Brown, Siveloston	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	5
180	31	Thornberry, Seth B.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
180	32	Whitledge, John	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	5
180	33	Whitledge, Juriah	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
180	34	Wheeler, John B.	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
182	1	Smith, Peter	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3
182	4	Sanders, William	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
182	5	King, William	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	5
182	6	Briscoe, Samuel	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	11
182	8	White, Britain	3	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	10
182	10	King, Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
182	12	Bridwell, George	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
182	28	Newkirk, Tunis	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
184	9	Stringer, Edward	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	5
184	12	Halderman, David	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
184	15	Greathouse, William	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
184	17	Cameron, John	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	7
184	20	Swearingen, Rachael	2	0	0	1	4	1	2	0	10
184	21	Swearingen, Jesse	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
184	23	Fox, Philip	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3
184	32	Drake, Charles	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	8
184	34	Stewart, Hugh	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
186	1	Tyler, David E.	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
186	3	Cunningham, Edward	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
186	7	Russell, Nicholas	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
186	15	Lashbrooks, James	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3
186	22	Russell, Thomas	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
186	26	Collins, Benjamin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
186	30	Collins, William	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	10
186	34	Walker, Gideon	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
186	35	Amos, Robert	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
186	36	Peyton, Mary	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5
188	6	Stone, Mary	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
188	8	Burkett, Eli	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
188	15	Myers, John	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
188	18	Meeks, James	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
188	24	Meeks, Elijah	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
188	37	Wright, Elijah	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5
190	1	Rolf, Elizabeth	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3
190	4	Clark, James	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
190	5	Ash, John	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	6
190	18	Crist, Nicholas	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
190	27	Maraman, Francis	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	7
190	28	Simmons, Richard	4	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	12
190	29	Robert, Hannah	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	6
190	31	Simmons, Samuel	4	3	0	1	5	2	1	0	16
192	1	Simmons, Elisha	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
192	7	Swearingen, Elemelake	0	2	3	0	3	1	1	1	11
192	8	Wilcoxon, Lewis	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	5
192	9	Allison, David	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
192	10	Simmons, James	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	5
192	11	Simmons, Robert	2	3	1	1	3	1	0	3	14
192	21	Withers, Sophy	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3
192	23	Crist, Henry	2	0	13	0	5	0	4	0	24
192	27	McDaniel, William	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
192	28	Bukey, Rodolphus	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	7
192	32	Leewright, John	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	6
192	35	Briscoe, Gerard W.	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
194	2	Tucker, James	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
194	5	Aud, Anna	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4
194	8	Overall, Nancy	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4
194	9	Overall, Robert	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
194	11	Overall, Whitledge	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	8
194	16	Blandford, Francis D.	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
194	21	Hall, Thomas	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	10
194	23	Harris, Nathan	7	2	4	1	6	1	4	1	26
194	25	Cohorn, James	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
194	26	Doolen, Permelia	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
194	27	Robards, Mortimer D.	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3
194	28	Shain, William	5	4	5	0	5	3	1	0	23
194	29	Chandler, William	3	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	10
194	30	Caldwell, James	4	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	11
194	31	McGruder, Archibald	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	10
194	32	Deats, Michael	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
194	35	Beard, Peggy	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
196	1	Shawler, Mary	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
196	4	Handley, Sherwood W.	1	2	5	0	4	0	2	0	14
196	9	Allen, Thomas	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6
196	10	Johnson, Ephraim	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
196	14	Hamilton, George	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
196	18	Middleton, John	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
196	26	Lee, Wilford	7	2	2	0	5	2	2	0	20

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