1860 Taylor County KY Census of Free Blacks
Copied from Census and Typed by Betty J. Gorin
District No. 1
Richeson, John 25 M w/Henry Hash family, field hand Born in Ky
Richeson, Abram 65 B farmer Born in Md
Richeson, Rhoda 55 B Born in Va
Richeson, Charlotte 26 B Born in Ky
Richeson, Dandridge 19 B "
Richeson, Rose 8 B "
Richeson, Martha 7 B "
Barnett, Martin 16 B w/Wm E. Booker family, farm hand "
Barnett, Ellen 16 B domestic "
Sutton, Sarah 32 B w/George Darnold "
Smith, Martha 17 M w/James Sympson family "
Smith, Mary 17 M w/Wm H. Cowherd family "
Smith, Thornton 1 M "
White, Elizabeth 41 B servant "
White, James 9 M "
White, Elena 7 M "
White, Darky 5 M "
Buchanan, Lucinda 44 B none "
Buchanan, George 39 B "
White, James A. 28 M "
White, Mary 24 M "
Buchanan, Lizzy 26 B "
Buchanan, N.J. 5 M "
Smith, Jack 78 B cooper Born in Va
Buchanan, Phebe 26 B Born in Ky
Buchanan, Virginia 1 M "
Thornton, George 14 M w/R.H. Spurling "
White, Alfred 44 B blacksmith Born in Va
White, Gracy 34 B Born in Ky
White, Archer 20 B "
White, George 17 B "
White, D.J. 15 B "
White, William 13 B "
White, Osborn 10 B "
White, Paldine 8 B "
White, Sarah J. 6 B "
White, Margaret 3 B "
Thornton, Richard 14 M w/S.D. Speer family "
Durrett, Mat 92 B Born in Va
Durrett, Virginia 75 B "
Cowherd, Betty 65 M Born in Ky
Smith, Julia A. 15 M "
Taylor County 1860 Census of Free Blacks
District No. 2
Reeves, Martha 30 B w/Sarah Reeves family Born in Ky
Reeves, Martha 15 B "
Reeves, George 5 B "
Reeves, J.D. 20 B "
Reeves, William 19 M "
Reeves, R.H. 14 M "
Reeves, G.F.M.D. 8/12 M "
Smith, Stokely 39 M farmer "
Smith, Susan 38 M "
Smith, Fannie 17 M "
Smith, Mary 14 M "
Smith, L.J. 13 M "
Smith, Nathan 9 M "
Smith, L.M. 6 M "
Smith, Alice 4 M "
Smith, James 3 M "
Smith, Harriet 1 M "
Douglass, Shadrack 44 B farmer "
Douglass, Mariah 54 B "
Douglass, James 22 B laborer "
Douglass, William 18 B "
Douglass, Robert 17 B "
Douglass, George 16 B "
Douglass, Mary 15 B "
Douglass, John 13 B "
Douglass, E. 25 B "
Douglass, William R. 1 B "
Smith, John 75 B Born in Va
Douglass, Alexander 13 B Born in Ky
Douglass, Henry 32 B farmer "
Douglass, Maglin 25 B "
Douglass, John 5 B "
Douglass, Sarah 3 B "
Douglass, America 1 B "
Douglass, Maria 70 B Born in Va
Douglass, Eliza J. 40 B Born in Ky
Douglass, Sally 19 B "
Douglass, Thomas 15 B "
Douglass, Mary 13 B "
Douglass, Lucinda 7 B "
Douglass, Susan 4 B "
Smith, William 16 B w/R.A. Webster family "
Eliza no last name 36 M "
America 15 M "
William 10 M "
Jackson 6 M "
Araminta 8 M "
Joseph 4 M "
Stora 2 M "
Susan 6/12 M "
Fanny no last name 17 M w/George Montague family "
Joseph no last name 7 M w/David Willock family "
Mills, James 32 B "
Shreve, William 35 M "
White, Logan 35 M "
Smith, Levi 18 M w/Geo W. Redman family "
Total Free Blacks on Census List 98
39 were 18 or older
41 of 98 Free Blacks were Mulatto
1 was born in Maryland
6 were born in Virginia
91 were born in Kentucky
Listed: 1 Blacksmith
1 Cooper
2 Field Hand or laborers
Many Farmers