1838 Wisconsin Territorial Census, Louisa 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.
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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: Louisa
Divisions: [none]
Enumerators: C M McDaniel, Assistant & Martin Harless, Sheriff
Enumerator Dates: 20 - 29 May 1838
Transcriber's Notes:
Page and Line number columns have been added. No line numbers appear on the original
census but have been assigned to retain the enumeration order. Page numbers are
handwritten at the top of each page. Notes in brackets [] are the transcriber's.
The census is bound in a ledger and additionally appears to have fold-out pages. Note
that page 17 is bound together with, and holds counts for, page 14.
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Louisa ENUMERATOR: C M McDaniel, Assistant DATE: 29 May
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Pg Ln Names of Master, Names of Heads White White Free Free Total Remarks
Mistress, Steward, Township of Males Fe- Males Fe-
Overseer or Other or Families males of males
Principal Person division Colour of
First Name Last Name Colour
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2,3 1 John J Kern 3 4 7
2,3 2 Samuel S Gornley 7 3 10
2,3 3 Z C Inghram 3 2 5
2,3 4 Thomas Manley 2 4 6
2,3 5 Henry Thompson 5 2 7
2,3 6 John J Bayne 5 2 7
2,3 7 John Bevins 2 3 5
2,3 8 R S Searl 3 5 8
2,3 9 John Ronalds 4 2 6
2,3 10 J W Watson 2 2 4
2,3 11 W W Adams 2 1 3
2,3 12 Nelson Bringham 2 2 4
2,3 13 William Kennedy 2 2 4
2,3 14 Israel Trask 4 2 6
2,3 15 Reuben Brunson 3 3 6
2,3 16 William Klenn 3 3 6
2,3 17 Lewis Raymore 5 5 10
2,3 18 Alexander Williamson 5 6 11
2,3 19 Thomas D Kellough 2 6 8
2,3 20 John Heath 2 1 3
2,3 21 George Umphrey 6 6 12
2,3 22 Joseph Crow 4 2 6
2,3 23 John Criswell 3 3 6
2,3 24 John T Ronalds 5 4 9
2,3 25 John S Giles 1 1
2,3 26 Isaac Smith 2 1 3
2,3 27 John McCleeary 4 3 7
2,3 28 Lewis Nicewonger 1 1 2
2,3 29 James Erwin Jun 4 3 7
2,3 30 James Erwin Sr 3 2 5
2,3 31 James Majors 2 4 6
2,3 32 Valentine Falker 9 4 15
2,3 33 110 93 203
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Louisa ENUMERATOR: C M McDaniel, Assistant DATE: 29 May
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Pg Ln Names of Master, Names of Heads White White Free Free Total Remarks
Mistress, Steward, Township of Males Fe- Males Fe-
Overseer or Other or Families males of males
Principal Person division Colour of
First Name Last Name Colour
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4,5 1 Simon W Warner 1 2 3
4,5 2 Jesse Adams 3 2 5
4,5 3 James Guest 3 2 5
4,5 4 George Fleming 1 1 2
4,5 5 Aaronn Springer 3 4 7
4,5 6 C M McDaniel 2 1 3
4,5 7 Frances Newell 2 4 6
4,5 8 James Newell 7 1 8
4,5 9 Riley Driskell 3 2 5
4,5 10 Samuel Dunham 3 3 6
4,5 11 Abraham Wygaut 2 3 5
4,5 12 John Maine 2 2 4
4,5 13 David Tremain 1 1 2
4,5 14 William H Fleming 2 1 3
4,5 15 Nathaniel Palmer 4 4 8
4,5 16 E E Fleming 2 1 3
4,5 17 Asa Warthern 3 5 8
4,5 18 Abraham McClary 3 2 5
4,5 19 Andrew Trusler 2 1 3
4,5 20 Henry Weaver 3 2 5
4,5 21 Henry Warthstaff 6 3 9
4,5 22 Alvin Clark 5 5 10
4,5 23 T C Clark 3 2 5
4,5 24 G M Barr 4 2 6
4,5 25 Charles Mullen 3 3 6
4,5 26 J S Sullenger 4 3 7
4,5 27 Richard Chaney 3 3 1 7
4,5 28 Amelia Graves 4 5 9
4,5 29 Henry Long 2 3 5
4,5 30 John Curry 4 5 7
4,5 31 Ward Noyes 2 2 4
4,5 32 Nelson Desttuck 2 1 3
4,5 33 William H Sheldon 1 1 2
4,5 34 95 80 1 176
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Louisa ENUMERATOR: C M McDaniel, Assistant DATE: 29 May
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Pg Ln Names of Master, Names of Heads White White Free Free Total Remarks
Mistress, Steward, Township of Males Fe- Males Fe-
Overseer or Other or Families males of males
Principal Person division Colour of
First Name Last Name Colour
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6,7 1 David M Hanson 2 1 3
6,7 2 Thomas Knapp 1 1
6,7 3 Peter Mygant 3 3 6
6,7 4 James Scrutchfield 7 3 10
6,7 5 James Keever 3 2 5
6,7 6 Eli Adams 1 1 2
6,7 7 Robert Childers 4 2 6
6,7 8 N Scott 2 3 1 6
6,7 9 Elias Keever 2 2 4
6,7 10 P Keever 3 3 6
6,7 11 John H Payton 2 2 4
6,7 12 J H Rinearson 3 3 6
6,7 13 W M Clark 5 2 8
6,7 14 Orin Briggs 3 3 6
6,7 15 Robert Briggs 1 2 3
6,7 16 David Linn 4 3 7
6,7 17 Sol Avery 2 3 5
6,7 18 James Gordon 4 4 8
6,7 19 Aaron Earnest 4 5 9
6,7 20 C Shuck 7 3 10
6,7 21 Samuel Smith 3 2 5
6,7 22 Freeman Shaw 3 1 4
6,7 23 John Millard 5 3 8
6,7 24 Hiram Smith 2 4 6
6,7 25 James Phillips 4 3 7
6,7 26 Benjamin Phillips 1 1 2
6,7 27 W F Madden 2 2 4
6,7 28 E Hook 6 4 10
6,7 29 Isaac Newell 4 3 7
6,7 30 Hiram Casteel 3 4 7
6,7 31 Samuel Muller 4 1 5
6,7 32 M L Mitchell 3 1 4
6,7 33 John H Benson 4 1 5
6,7 34 108 82 1 191
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Louisa ENUMERATOR: C M McDaniel, Assistant DATE: 29 May
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Pg Ln Names of Master, Names of Heads White White Free Free Total Remarks
Mistress, Steward, Township of Males Fe- Males Fe-
Overseer or Other or Families males of males
Principal Person division Colour of
First Name Last Name Colour
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8,9 1 Jonathan Parsons 4 2 6
8,9 2 Isaac Parsons 5 6 11
8,9 3 Jonas Ruffner 5 3 8
8,9 4 Loel Whitmore 1 2 3
8,9 5 John Booman 2 2 4
8,9 6 Abraham Bragg 2 0 2
8,9 7 Willaim Phinney 4 4 8
8,9 8 P B Hairison 7 2 9
8,9 9 Jeremiah Smith 9 4 13
8,9 10 Jefferson Frizzle 3 2 5
8,9 11 William Dupont 1 1 2
8,9 12 Rufus P Burlingame 3 1 4
8,9 13 John Kline 1 2 3
8,9 14 Samuel Pitt 8 3 11
8,9 15 John Pitt 2 2 4
8,9 16 Wm Scoates 3 1 4
8,9 17 W H Creighton 4 1 5
8,9 18 Henry Creighton 3 0 3
8,9 19 C A Ballard 1 1
8,9 20 Lorenzo Howe 1 1 2
8,9 21 William H Lee 3 3 6
8,9 22 Robt Lee 3 3 6
8,9 23 Henry B McFall 1 2 3
8,9 24 Garret Garrison 3 4 7
8,9 25 John Q Loughlon 7 2 9
8,9 26 Evan Morgan 2 1 3
8,9 27 James Morgan 2 5 5
8,9 28 John Hamilton 6 5 11
8,9 29 Thomas Bell 3 3
8,9 30 Henry Ocettree 1 1 2
8,9 31 John Drake 4 4 8
8,9 32 Muylon Wright 3 1 4
8,9 33 Henry Hobbs 1 1
8,9 34 108 68 116
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Louisa ENUMERATOR: C M McDaniel, Assistant DATE: 29 May
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Pg Ln Names of Master, Names of Heads White White Free Free Total Remarks
Mistress, Steward, Township of Males Fe- Males Fe-
Overseer or Other or Families males of males
Principal Person division Colour of
First Name Last Name Colour
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10,11 1 Daniel Nicely 1 1
10,11 2 James Goy 6 3 9
10,11 3 Samuel Blair 3 2 5
10,11 4 S M Kirkpatrick 2 1 3
10,11 5 W H Thomas 1 1 2
10,11 6 V P Burmell 4 3 7
10,11 7 Abraham Alloway 6 4 10
10,11 8 Isaac Ramsey 2 3 5
10,11 9 Jacob G Morton 1 1
10,11 10 George Kees 3 1 4
10,11 11 Bishop Stephens 6 8
10,11 12 Thomas Burk 2 4 8
10,11 13 C Cox 3 6 9
10,11 14 Joshua Forset 2 1 3
10,11 15 Sylvena Cary 3 2 5
10,11 16 Ram Long 3 3 6
10,11 17 A C Black 2 4 5
10,11 18 John N McGuin 1 1 2
10,11 19 John Bedwell 1 1 2
10,11 20 James Bedwell 4 4 8
10,11 21 Samuel Fedder 1 1 1
10,11 22 Thomas Gray 1 1 2
10,11 23 William Reeder 3 2 5
10,11 24 Thomas Waynewright 3 5 8
10,11 25 Micagy Reeder 2 1 3
10,11 26 James Reeder 4 1 5
10,11 27 James C Sterlin 2 1 3
10,11 28 Edward Stephenson 3 2 5
10,11 29 Z Costs 3 3
10,11 30 Lewis Licklider 6 8
10,11 31 (no name) Shederick & Ce 4 4
10,11 32 William Milligan 7 3 10
10,11 33 Mason Wilson & Ce 3 1 4
10,11 34 98 61 159
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Louisa ENUMERATOR: C M McDaniel, Assistant DATE: 29 May
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Pg Ln Names of Master, Names of Heads White White Free Free Total Remarks
Mistress, Steward, Township of Males Fe- Males Fe-
Overseer or Other or Families males of males
Principal Person division Colour of
First Name Last Name Colour
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12,13 1 William Hendricks 1 1
12,13 2 A J Bevins 1 2 3
12,13 3 Amzi Wheelock 5 4 9
12,13 4 Thomas England 1 1
12,13 5 H Russell 3 4 7
12,13 6 G Conard 2 5 7
12,13 7 Valentine Sheiles 1 3 4
12,13 8 Israel Clark 6 4 10
12,13 9 I, C M McDaniel assistant to Martin Harless, Sheriff of Louisa County WT
do hereby certify the foregoing to be a correct enumeration of the
inhabitants of the division assigned to me in said county by said sheriff
in Testimony where of I have hereunto subscribed my name under my official
capacity at Wapello this 29 day of May 1838
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Louisa ENUMERATOR: Martin Harless, Sheriff DATE: 20 May
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Pg Ln Names of Master, Names of Heads White White Free Free Total Remarks
Mistress, Steward, Township of Males Fe- Males Fe-
Overseer or Other or Families males of males
Principal Person division Colour of
First Name Last Name Colour
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12,13 10 The following taken by Martin Harless, Sheriff
12,13 11 Zadok Jarvis 3 3 6
12,13 12 Frances Censar 8 2 10
12,13 13 John McKee 8 2 10
12,13 14 Richard Givin 4 2 6
12,13 15 Daniel Miles 3 6 9
12,13 16 Robert Wilson 1 1 2
12,13 17 George Ray 1 1 2
12,13 18 Joshua Marshall 7 1 8
12,13 19 William Bell 3 . 3
12,13 20 O Shelby 1 1 2
12,13 21 John H Henderson 2 1 3
12,13 22 Cyrus Cox 3 2 5
12,13 23 Joseph Haigbee 4 3 7
12,13 24 Isa Gridley 1 . 1
12,13 25 Franklin Griswold 4 5 9
12,13 26 Samuel Isett 4 . 4
12,13 27 77 52 129
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Louisa ENUMERATOR: Martin Harless, Sheriff DATE: 20 May
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Pg Ln Names of Master, Names of Heads White White Free Free Total Remarks
Mistress, Steward, Township of Males Fe- Males Fe-
Overseer or Other or Families males of males
Principal Person division Colour of
First Name Last Name Colour
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14,17 1 Stephen Hawley 6 1 7
14,17 2 John Britton 4 2 6
14,17 3 Joseph Britten 3 2 5
14,17 4 Richard Slaughter 3 2 1 6
14,17 5 William D Musteen 1 4 5
14,17 6 Daniel C Musteen 1 . 1
14,17 7 Elijah Wilcut 4 4 8
14,17 8 Jacob Martin 3 1 4
14,17 9 Peter Blake Sr 5 2 7
14,17 10 Peter Blake Jun 1 1 2
14,17 11 Barsto Williams 1 1 2
14,17 12 Leonard Robinson 3 2 5
14,17 13 Robert Delbridge 2 1 3
14,17 14 John Alloway 2 1 3
14,17 15 William Latty 1 1 2
14,17 16 Richard Reattine 4 2 6
14,17 17 Thomas Stoddard 4 1 5
14,17 18 Robert Williams 4 6 10
14,17 19 Evan Dollarhide 4 1 5
14,17 20 Absalenn Dollarhide 2 . 2
14,17 21 John Eagan 7 1 8
14,17 22 Reuben Farnsworth 1 . 1
14,17 23 Clark Reed 1 . 1
14,17 24 Samuel Harris 1 . 1
14,17 25 Josial Lewis 1 . 1
14,17 26 Joil Bronson 2 . 2
14,17 27 James Blanchard 1 . 1
14,17 28 Shederck Harrison 1 . 1
14,17 29 Martin Harless 5 7
14,17 30 78 43 1 122
14,17 31 I Martin Harless Sheriff of Louisa County W.T. do hereby certify the
foregoing to be a true schedule of the inhabitants of said County as taken
by and returned to me this 20th day of May A.D. 1838 Martin Harless
Sheriff L.C.W.T.
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Louisa ENUMERATOR: Martin Harless, Sheriff DATE: 20 May
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Mistress, Steward, Township of Males Fe- Males Fe-
Overseer or Other or Families males of males
Principal Person division Colour of
First Name Last Name Colour
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15,16 1 Allen Scott 3 1 4
15,16 2 John R Scott 3 3 6
15,16 3 Francis Miller 1 3 4
15,16 4 Edward Winkle 1 3 4
15,16 5 John Atchison 2 2 4
15,16 6 Reuben P Bolls 2 . 2
15,16 7 12 12 24
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18 Louisa County
Personally appeared before me Isaac Parsons one of the Justices of the
peace in and for said county Daniel Brewer and Samuel S. Gornly And made
oath in and form of Law that they have seen two true and attest/attach
copys of the written schedules of the enumeration of the inhabitants of
Louisa County Wisconsin Territory posted up at two of the most public
places in said county this 8th June A.D. 1838
Isaac Parsons J. P. of L.W.T.
Territory of Wisconsin}
County of Des Moines } ss Martine Harless Sheriff of Louisa county being
sworn says that attested copies of the within schedule of the enumeration
of the inhabitants of Louisa county have been posted up in two of the most
public places in said county of Louisa according to law. Martin Harless
Subscribed & sworn this 9th day of June A.D. 1838
Before me
Wm Greffey Justice of the Peace
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19 Louisa County
To the Secretary of the Territory of Wisconsin I, Martine Harless Sheriff
of this county of Louisa in said Territory hereby return the following as
the results of this late census of said county as taken by me & my
deputies
White males 686
White females 491
Free males of color 0
Free females of color 3
Total 1080
Martin Harless,
Sherriff, Louisa Co.