1850 Knox County Slave Census – People of Color in Tennessee History

Microfilm Reel	M432-904	Source	Archive.org
Enumerator	David McCallum, S. M. Cannon
Abstractor	Russell Anderson

Dates of Enumeration

Page 715, Knoxville, David McCallum, August 21
Page 717, Knoxville, David McCallum, August 23
Page 719, no location,David McCallum, August 24
Page 721, Knoxville, David McCallum, August 28
Page 723, Knoxville, David McCallum, August 30
Page 725, Knoxville, David McCallum, September 2
Page 727, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, September 5
Page 729, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, September 12
Page 731, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, September 17
Page 733, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, September 18
Page 735, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, September 23
Page 737, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, October 4
Page 739, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, October 10

Page 741, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, October 12
Page 743, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, October 19
Page 745, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, October 30
Page 747, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, November 14
Page 749, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, November 27
Page 751, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, December 4
Page 753, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, December 6
Page 755, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, December 11
Page 757, 15th Subdivision E D, David McCallum, December 15
Page 759, 31st Subdivision E D, S M Cannon, November 12
Page 761, 31st Subdivision E D, S M Cannon, November 19
Page 763, 31st Subdivision E D, S M Cannon, December 11
Page 765, 31st Subdivision E D, S M Cannon, November 22
Page 767, 31st Subdivision E D, S M Cannon, December 14

Column Headings Explanation

Page = number of original schedule page
HW = handwritten page number
Line = line number on original page, indicating left (L) or right (R) set of columns on page (each “page” was two sheets)
Last Name and First Name = identity of enslaver
# = number of slaves with the age, sex, and color (usually 1)
Age = age as known to enslaver
Sex = male or female
Color = racial mix as known to enslaver
From = state (location) from which slave was a fugitive
Free = whether free or manumitted
Deaf/Blind/Dumb = self-explanatory
Slave houses = number of dwellings for slaves on enslaver’s property

Note: The table is searchable and sortable.

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Page	Line	Last Name	First Name	#	Age	Sex	Color	From	Free	Deaf/Blind/Dumb	Notes

Page	Line	Last Name	First Name	#	Age	Sex	Color
715	L-1	Sneed	William H	1	40	M	M
715	L-2	Sneed	William H	1	45	F	B
715	L-3	Sneed	William H	1	25	F	M
715	L-4	Sneed	William H	1	18	M	M
715	L-5	Sneed	William H	1	17	F	M
715	L-6	Sneed	William H	1	15	F	M
715	L-7	Sneed	William H	1	5/12	F	M
715	L-8	Sneed	William H	1	7	F	M
715	L-9	Bays	Samuel B	1	30	F	B
715	L-10	Bays	Samuel B	1	16	M	B
715	L-11	Bays	Samuel B	1	22	M	B
715	L-12	Bacon	Charles S	1	23	F	B
715	L-13	Bacon	Charles S	1	9	M	B
715	L-14	Cowan	James H	1	40	M	M
715	L-15	Cowan	James H	1	35	F	M
715	L-16	Cowan	James H	1	11	M	M
715	L-17	Cowan	James H	1	7	M	B
715	L-18	Cowan	James H	1	7	F	B
715	L-19	Cowan	James H	1	6	F	M
715	L-20	Cowan	James H	1	40	F	M
715	L-21	Cowan	James H	1	18	F	M
715	L-22	Lewis	Isaac	1	30	F	B
715	L-23	Lewis	Isaac	1	44	F	B
715	L-24	Lewis	Isaac	1	8	F	B
715	L-25	Lewis	Isaac	1	8	F	B
715	L-26	Nelson	James W	1	15	F	B
715	L-27	Bell	Samuel	1	21	F	B
715	L-28	Bell	Samuel	1	19	F	B
715	L-29	McKee	John M	1	30	F	B
715	L-30	McKee	John M	1	14	M	B
715	L-31	Hema	William	1	19	M	B
715	L-32	Jones	Marybell	1	30	M	B
715	L-33	Douglass	Charles P	1	35	F	B
715	L-34	Kidd	Leroy	1	25	F	B
715	L-35	Kidd	Leroy	1	5	F	M
715	L-36	Kidd	Leroy	1	1	F	B
715	L-37	Tenley	Sarah	1	60	F	B
715	L-38	Tenley	Sarah	1	22	F	B
715	L-39	Tenley	Sarah	1	18	M	B
715	L-40	Rogers	Samuel R	1	30	M	B
715	L-41	Rogers	Samuel R	1	21	F	M
715	L-42	Rogers	Samuel R	1	19	F	M
715	R-1	Rogers	Samuel R	1	8	M	B
715	R-2	Rogers	Samuel R	1	6	F	B
715	R-3	Rogers	Samuel R	1	3	M	B
715	R-4	Rogers	Samuel R	1	4	F	B
715	R-5	Rogers	Samuel R	1	1	M	B
715	R-6	King	Joseph L	1	40	M	B
715	R-7	King	Joseph L	1	60	F	B
715	R-8	King	Joseph L	1	35	F	B

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