1838 Wisconsin Territorial Census, Henry County (Transcriptions for counties west of the Mississippi. Includes the area to become Iowa and Minnesota Territories.) Transcribed by Eleanor B. McCleary. Copyright (c) 2009 by Eleanor B. McCleary for the IAGenWeb State Census Project http://iagenweb.org/census/ Formatted Sep 2009 by IAGenWeb Census Project Coordinator, Stephen D. Williams. ========================================================================================= IAGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations must obtain the consent of the transcriber to use this material. Individuals may use this material in their own research. All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================================= Census Year: 1838 Media Source: Wisconsin Territorial Census: 1836, 1838, 1842. State Historical Society Wisconsin Archives Division, Madison, WI Filmed 25 April 1950, Microfilm call #: HA 377.A6 Other Microfilm: FHL# 1293919 Item 2 Other Transcriptions: FHL Books 977.5 X22j 1838, X22ji 1838 v2 (indexes only) State: The area to become Iowa County: Henry Divisions: Enumerators: Andrew Kennedy, Sheriff Enumerator Dates: May 1838 Transcriber's Notes: The Henry county IAGenWeb site has a head-of-household enumeration not found on this microfilm. See http://iagenweb.org/henry/ ----------------------------- Begin Transcription --------------------------------------- [Image one] Territory of Wisconsin} Henry County } On the ninth day of June inst 1838 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and foresaid County J. M Wallace who being duly sworn by me deposeth and saith that he saw Andrew Kennedy Sheriff of the County aforesaid set up one copy of the schedule of the numeration of the inhabitants of said county in a conspicuous place in the town of Mt. Pleasant. P .M. Wallace Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of June 1838 Samuel Weston, Justice [Image two] Territory of Wisconsin} Henry County } On the ninth day of June inst 1838 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and foresaid County Joel Mathews who being duly sworn by me deposeth and saith that he saw Andrew Kennedy Sheriff of the County aforesaid set up one copy of the schedule of the numeration of the inhabitants of said county in a conspicuous place in the town of New London. Joel Matthews Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of June 1838 J. M. Slaughter {seal} Justice of the Peace [Image three] Statement of the aggregate amount of the number of inhabitants in the County of Henry W.T. Taken in May 1838 by Andrew Kennedy Sheriff J. W. B. Slaughter Esqr Screty of W.T. Henry Co. Mt Pleasant June 9, 1838 Sir: I herewith transmit to you a correct statement of the aggregate amount of inhabitants in the County of Henry, Wisconsin Territory taken by me Andrew Kennedy Shrff of said County under and agreeable to the instructions and requisitions of an act entitled "an Act providing for the taking of the second census or enumeration of the Inhabitants of the County, Territory of Wisconsin". The total amount of the white males in the sd county of Henry is 1679 The total amount of white females is 1379 The total amount of the fee males of Color 2 The total amount of fee females of Color is 0 And the total Amount of all the Inhabitants in the County of Henry is 3058 Andrew Kennedy Shrff of Henry County W.T. To W. B. Slaughter Sectr of the Ter of Wisconsin