1850 Van Buren County Slave Census – People of Color in Tennessee History

Microfilm Reel	M432-907	Source	Archive.org
Enumerator	John Gillentine
Abstractor	Russell Anderson

Dates of Enumeration

Column Headings Explanation

1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 District on first sheet, Sept 2
6, 7, & 8 District on second sheet, Sept 14
6 & 9 District, Sept 24

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.

Page	Line	Last Name	First Name	#	Age	Sex	Color	Notes
	L-1	Douglass	Jace	1	40	F	B
	L-2	Douglass	Jace	1	26	F	M
	L-3	Douglass	Jace	1	9	F	B
	L-4	Douglass	Jace	1	9	F	M
	L-5	Douglass	Jace	1	8	F	B
	L-6	Douglass	Jace	1	6	M	B
	L-7	Douglass	Jace	1	5	F	B
	L-8	Smith	Nancy	1	40	F	B
	L-9	Smith	Nancy	1	16	M	B
	L-10	Smith	Nancy	1	10	M	B
	L-11	Smith	Nancy	1	5	F	B
	L-12	Sparkman	John	1	23	F	M
	L-13	Sparkman	John	1	15	F	B
	L-14	Sparkman	John	1	7	M	B
	L-15	Sparkman	John	1	5	F	M
	L-16	Sparkman	John	1	2	F	M
	L-17	Wood	George	1	14	F	B
	L-18	Wood	George	1	9	M	B
	L-19	Sparkman	George	1	18	F	M
	L-20	Sparkman	George	1	18	F	B
	L-21	Sparkman	George	1	20	M	M
	L-22	Sparkman	George	1	17	M	B
	L-23	Sparkman	George	1	10	M	M
	L-24	Sparkman	George	1	3	M	B
	L-25	Sparkman	George	1	1	F	B
	L-26	Cummings	Joseph	1	14	F	M
	L-27	Cummings	Joseph	1	13	F	B
	L-28	Cummings	Joseph	1	12	M	B
	L-29	Cummings	Joseph	1	10	F	M
	L-30	Cummings	William B	1	41	F	B
	L-31	Cummings	William B	1	18	M	B
	L-32	Cummings	William B	1	11	M	B
	L-33	Cummings	William B	1	8	F	B
	L-34	Cummings	William B	1	6	M	B
	L-35	Cummings	William B	1	4	M	B
	L-36	Denny	William	1	26	F	B
	L-37	Denny	William	1	16	F	M
	L-38	Denny	William	1	16	F	M
	L-39	Mitchell	Arthur	1	32	F	B
	L-40	Mitchell	Arthur	1	10	M	B
	L-41	Stipe	George	1	29	M	B
	L-42	Stipe	George	1	25	F	B
	R-1	Stipe	George	1	3	M	M
	R-2	Plumlee	Fenis G	1	11	F	B
	R-3	Plumlee	Fenis G	1	8	M	B
	R-4	Plumlee	Fenis G	1	7	F	M
	R-5	Moore	William	1	34	M	B
	R-6	Moore	William	1	30	F	M
	R-7	Moore	William	1	14	F	B
	R-8	Moore	William	1	10	M	B
	R-9	Moore	William	1	4/12	M	B
	R-10	Moore	David	1	28	F	B
	R-11	Moore	David	1	22	F	B
	R-12	Moore	David	1	21	M	B
	R-13	Moore	David	1	14	M	B
	R-14	Moore	David	1	7	M	M
	R-15	Moore	David	1	6	M	B
	R-16	Moore	David	1	5	F	M
	R-17	Moore	David	1	4	M	B
	R-18	Moore	David	1	4/12	M	B
	R-19	Moore	David	1	2/12	M	B
	R-20	Stipe	Jacob	1	39	M	B
	R-21	Stipe	Jacob	1	37	M	B
	R-22	Stipe	Jacob	1	47	F	B
	R-23	Shockley	Isaiah	1	38	F	B
	R-24	Shockley	Isaiah	1	11	M	B
	R-25	Shockley	Isaiah	1	5	F	B
	R-26	Shockley	Samuel	1	28	M	B
	R-27	Shockley	Samuel	1	24	F	B
	R-28	Shockley	Samuel	1	11	M	B
	R-29	Shockley	Samuel	1	9	M	B
	R-30	Shockley	Samuel	1	7	M	B
	R-31	Shockley	Samuel	1	3	M	B
	R-32	Shockley	Samuel	1	1	F	B
	R-33	Mitchell	William L	1	22	F	B
	R-34	Crain	Abijah	1	26	F	B
	R-35	Crain	Abijah	1	23	M	B
	R-36	Crain	Abijah	1	9	F	B
	R-37	Crain	Abijah	1	7	M	B
	R-38	Crain	Abijah	1	4	F	B
	R-39	Crain	Abijah	1	2	M	B
	R-40	Groves	Hiram	1	15	F	B
	R-41	Worthington	William	1	29	F	B
	R-42	Worthington	William	1	27	M	B
	L-1	Worthington	William	1	26	F	B	marked as continued
	L-2	Worthington	William	1	20	M	B
	L-3	Worthington	William	1	12	F	B
	L-4	Worthington	William	1	10	F	B
	L-5	Worthington	William	1	8	F	B
	L-6	Worthington	William	1	6	M	B
	L-7	Worthington	William	1	4	M	B
	L-8	Worthington	William	1	4	F	B
	L-9	Worthington	William	1	2	F	B
	L-10	Worthington	William	1	2	M	B
	L-11	Huddleston	Willis B	1	20	F	B
	L-12	Huddleston	Willis B	1	18	F	B
	L-13	Huddleston	Willis B	1	17	F	B
	L-14	Huddleston	Willis B	1	16	M	B
	L-15	Huddleston	Willis B	1	14	M	B
	L-16	Huddleston	Willis B	1	1	M	B
	L-17	Huddleston	Willis B	1	1	M	M
	L-18	Wood	David F	1	24	F	M
	L-19	Wood	David F	1	16	M	M
	L-20	Wood	David F	1	15	F	M
	L-21	Wood	David F	1	3	M	B
	L-22	Wood	David F	1	2	F	M
	L-23	Wood	David F	1	1	F	B
	L-24	Walling	Daniel	1	35	M	B
	L-25	Walling	Daniel	1	23	M	B
	L-26	Carns	William D	1	15	M	B
	L-27	Carns	William D	1	13	M	B
	L-28	Buetler	Thomas J	1	7	F	B
	L-29	Buetler	Thomas J	1	4	M	B
	L-30	Gillentine	Micossah T	1	4	F	B
	L-31	Drake	Abraham	1	25	F	B
	L-32	Drake	Abraham	1	10	F	M
	L-33	Drake	Abraham	1	8	F	B
	L-34	Drake	Abraham	1	6	M	M
	L-35	Drake	Abraham	1	2	M	B
	L-36	Drake	Abraham	1	2	M	B
	L-37	Hamrick	William	1	27	F	B
	L-38	Hamrick	William	1	9	F	M
	L-39	Hamrick	William	1	5	M	M
	L-40	York	Uriah	1	30	M	B
	L-41	York	Uriah	1	62	M	B
	L-42	York	Uriah	1	58	F	B
	R-1	York	Uriah	1	19	M	B
	R-2	York	Uriah	1	14	F	B
	R-3	York	Uriah	1	9	F	B
	R-4	York	Uriah	1	7	M	M
	R-5	York	Uriah	1	40	M	B
	R-6	York	Uriah	1	36	F	B
	R-7	York	Uriah	1	24	M	B
	R-8	York	Uriah	1	20	F	B
	R-9	York	Uriah	1	16	F	B
	R-10	York	Uriah	1	18	M	M
	R-11	York	Uriah	1	14	M	M
	R-12	York	Uriah	1	12	M	M
	R-13	York	Uriah	1	8/12	M	M
	R-14	York	Uriah	1	35	M	B
	R-15	York	Uriah	1	40	F	B
	R-16	York	Uriah	1	6	F	B
	R-17	York	Uriah	1	5	M	B
	R-18	York	Uriah	1	4/12	M	B
	R-19	York	Uriah	1	28	M	B
	R-20	York	Uriah	1	29	F	B
	R-21	York	Uriah	1	14	F	B
	R-22	York	Uriah	1	10	M	M
	R-23	York	Uriah	1	6	F	M
	R-24	York	Uriah	1	3	M	B
	R-25	York	Uriah	1	10/12	F	B
	R-26	York	Uriah	1	26	F	M
	R-27	York	Uriah	1	9	M	B
	R-28	York	Uriah	1	6	M	M
	R-29	York	Uriah	1	4	F	M
	R-30	York	Uriah	1	3	F	M
	R-31	York	Uriah	1	4/12	F	B
	R-32	York	Uriah	1	26	F	B
	R-33	York	Uriah	1	7	F	B
	R-34	York	Uriah	1	23	M	B
	R-35	York	Uriah	1	23	F	B
	R-36	York	Uriah	1	35	M	M
	R-37	York	Uriah	1	25	M	B
	R-38	York	Uriah	1	40	F	B
	R-39	Thomas	Isaiah	1	50	F	B
	R-40	Thomas	Isaiah	1	16	M	B
	R-41	Thomas	Isaiah	1	14	M	B
	R-42	Thomas	Isaiah	1	12	M	B
575	L-1	Willis	Isaac	1	8	F	B
575	L-2	Willis	Isaac	1	5	M	B
575	L-3	Groves	William	1	32	F	B
575	L-4	Groves	William	1	6	F	B
575	L-5	Mitchell	John	1	18	F	B
575	L-6	Crain	Oliver	1	17	F	M
575	L-7	Crain	Oliver	1	13	M	B