Bullitt County History

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 2 Jul 1990.

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].



26 Aug 1949

(George JOYCE Sr. emigrated from Ireland, and located in Kentucky. His wife was Delilah CHANDLER. George JOYCE Jr. was their son, and his sister Delicia married John RAWLINGS. George married Deborah MYERS, daughter of John MEYERS and Hannah DeHOFF who was born in Maryland in 1770. John and Hannah also had a daughter Lydia who married Richard JOYCE, brother of George Jr., and another daughter Mahala MYERS who married William GREEN.)

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Following households out of order.

[358/358] William GREEN 36 farmer, Mahala (MYERS) 40, Hannah (DeHOFF) MYERS (mother of Mahala, lived in William Green‘s family) 80, Lydia JOYCE Mahala‘s sister, married Richard JOYCE 50, Louisa (daughter of Lydia and Richard, married Joe WELCH) 19.

[359/359] George JOYCE Jr. (brother of Richard) 66 farmer, Deborah (MYERS) 50, Ann B. 24, Cordelia 22, Joseph 21, John T. 19, Artemisia 17, Matilda 15, James 12, America 11, Preston 9.

[360/360] Simpson TODD 37 (son of Sallie JOYCE TODD, daughter of George JOYCE Sr.) farmer, Mahala 31 (daughter of Richard and Lydia MYERS JOYCE, Ann 8, William H. 7, Josephine 5, Sarah F. 3, William 1.

[361/361] C. H. BARRELL 24 cooper, Rebecca 21.

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[333/333] James CROAN 60 farmer, Martha (McDANIELS) 60, Allie 26, William 24, W. W. HAWKINS 22 laborer, Elizabeth 26, Martha HOAGLAND 7, William 6.

[334/334] James Craig 70 farmer, Lucinda 46, James 33, Emily 21, Lucy 18, Susan 16, Eliza 14.

[335/335] Byron MONROE 26 farmer, Mary 18, James 30 laborer.

[336/336] James D. CHAPPELL 30 farmer, America 22, William 1.

[337/337] Richard SKINNER 56 farmer, Rebecca 46, Margaret 24, Eliza 22, Isaac 20, John C. 17, Nathan 15, Charles P. 12, Camilla 9.

[338/338] M. L. CHAPELL 28 farmer, Sarah 19.

[339/339] Alex C. EWING 34 farmer, Martha 36, Rebecca 10, Priscilla 8, Samuel F. 6, George 4, Alexander 2, Mary 5 months; James SNODGRASS 31 farmer, Ruth 31, Sarah 13, John 9, D. A. 4, William 2, Margaret 7 months.

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[340/340] William STEBBINS 45 farmer, Susan 44, Silas 19, Noah 17, Hamilton 15, Martha 12, Lucy 9, George 3.

[341/341] James ARNOLD 48 farmer, Margaret (SKINNER) 39, Stephen 12, William 9, Simeon 5, James W. 1.

[342/342] Samuel HILTON 48 farmer, Sarah (ALLENDER) 50, Granville 19, Angeline 15, Minerva 11 (married Nathan SKINNER), Sarah 6.

[343/343] James BOYD 36 farmer, Ann 35, John 13, William 9, Susan 6, Margaret 2, Edward 3 months.

[344/344] Albert McAHRON 37 farmer, married 1850 Ann (GOLDSMITH, daughter of Nelson) 27.

[345/345] George FURGUSSON 27 farmer, Harriet 21, married 1850, Levi 5 months, Hamilton 22 laborer, Catherine 57, Elizabeth 25, Samuel 21, James M. RISTOR 3.


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

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