District 2

Taken by: August 19, 1850 to September 11(?), 1850 Census Taker: John J. Godsey

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1850 Perry County Kentucky Census
Taken by: August 19. 1850 to September 11(?), 1850 Census Taker: John J. Godsey

*Persons over 20 that cannot read or write.

The 1850 Perry County Census is an incomplete census as the enumerators did not visit everyone in the county missing many people that should otherwise be listed in the census. At that time there were no signs saying you are now entering Breathitt County so the Enumerators did not always observe County lines thus you may find some of the Perry County Families in other neighboring county censuses. It seems that they went to the head of small hollows and valleys and then stopped regardless of where the county line may have been. Often times the enumerator did not walk up a hollow but instead asked the families that lived nearby the names and ages of those that lived in the hollow above them. Also many times they would count empty houses of families that had already moved from the county. In short they got paid by each name or household so they got as many households as possible. Most times they even counted people they met on the road as in the case of James Butler and Elijah Holliday who was peddlers.

About this page--This page was not intended to be a transcripted copy of the 1850 census but rather an addition to it with added information such as surnames of wives, corrections of mistakes the Enumerator may have made and various other information that Linda felt should be added. It was typed into the computer by Linda Manlove and was the result of her efforts and proofread by others. Some of the names was hard to read and may vary from publication to publication depending on how different person's eyes read the microfilm.

Gabe and Ethel moved to Shively Kentucky in the early 70s. Across from the Dixie Highway house was a wooded property with a large home. In 2001, Ian and Michelle traveled back to Shively. Not only did the current residents of the Dixie Hwy home let them in, but they found the Youngland marker. The mystery was solved.

Youngland
(Marker Number: 532)

County: Jefferson
Location: Shively, US 31-W

Description: Home of Bennett H. Young (1843-1919). Member of famed CSA unit, Morgan's Raiders, Lt. B. H. Young led 21 soldiers in raid October 19, 1864 on St. Albans, Vermont, Civil War's northernmost action. Robbed three banks of over $200,000 and attempted to burn town. Captured in Canada, they were released. After war, he became a business and civic leader in Louisville.

Kentucky can be divided into three parts - the eastern mountains, the interior, and the Mississippi plains in the west. These large areas can be divided into several physiographic regions. The eastern end of the state is known as the Eastern Coal Field.

Kentucky is located in the central United States. It is bounded by the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers on the west, the Ohio River on the north, the Big Sandy River, Pine Mountain, and Cumberland Mountain on the east, and the state of Tennessee on the south.

Perry County, Kentucky was formed from Clay and Floyd Counties. It was created on 2 Nov 1820. Page 717. Some records were lost in courthouse disaster in 1885 and in 1911.

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