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FREE BLACK PERSONS IN HENDERSON COUNTY IN 1860

Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith

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U.S. Census Bureau, Population Schedule, 1860, Washington, D.C., 1864, page 466:

STATE OF TENNESSEE.

 

U.S. Census, Henderson County, Tennessee

page 186. Civil District One. June 5, 1860:
THADEUS, black, male, aged 48 years, born Tenn.; in household of Thomas J. Barr

page 187. Civil District One. June 6, 1860:
FODGE WOODS, black, male, aged 53 years, born Tenn.; farmer; real estate valuation, $500; personalty valuation, $2000
HANNAH WOODS, black, aged 40, born Tennessee
Two children, Thomas W. Woods, aged 8; Elena Woods, aged 6, in this household, both given as whites

page 219. Civil District Five. July 7, 1860:
DANIEL CROOK, black, aged 70 years, born North Carolina; in household of W. O. Peery

page 229. Civil District Six. July 11, 1860:
BEN CARVER, black, aged 70 years, born Virginia; lived in his own household

pages 242-243. Civil District Eight. August 1, 1860:
MARINDA RANDOLPH, mulatto, aged 22, born Tenn.; G. W. RANDOLPH (male), aged 18, mulatto, born Term.; MARY RANDOLPH, mulatto, aged 15, born Tenn.; MARTHA RANDOLPH, mulatto, aged 12, born Tenn.; DELIA RANDOLPH, mulatto, aged 11, born Tenn.; AMY RANDOLPH, mulatto, aged 9, born Tenn. These youth were in the household of a white couple, Benjamin Randolph, a blacksmith and farmer and his wife, Harriett

page 245. Civil District Nine. September 27, 1860:
F. K. DREWER, male mulatto, aged 21 years, born Tenn.; boarder in household of S. Palgreaves

page 246. Civil District Nine. September 27, 1860:
B. CAZORT, female black, aged 27 years, born Tenn.; E. CAZORT, male black, aged 7 years, born Tenn.; W. CAZORT, male black, aged 2 years, born Tenn.; P. B. CAZORT, female black, aged 27 years, born Tenn. These folk lived in the household of David Cazort, aged 60, white male and his family

page 249. Civil District Nine. September 28, 1860:
C. HEIMON, male mulatto, aged 27 years, born North Carolina; in household of Susan Boren

page 317. Civil District Eighteen. September 26, 1860:
F. HODGE, female mulatto, aged 9 years, born Tenn.; in household of B. W. Foster

The actual tabulation of free blacks according to the census population schedule, there were six free black males rather than seven; three free black females rather than four; three free mulatto males rather than two; in agreement with six free mulatto females; all in Henderson County. The fate of any of these folk is presently unknown; some of the older men probably died within the next decade; some migrated out of state and some of the women undoubtedly married.

 

Other works by Jonathan K. T. Smith can be found at the Madison County Records Repository at TNGenWeb.