1838 Wisconsin Territorial Census, Johnson 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:                  Johnson
Divisions:               Johnson County, Keokuk County
Enumerators:             S.C. Trowbringer, Asst.
Enumerator Dates:        2 Jun 1838

Transcriber's Notes:
  See alternate transcription taken from the Iowa City Press-Citizen, Johnson County,
  Iowa 1939 July 01.

  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.


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DIVISION: Johnson County
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838    STATE: Iowa    COUNTY: Johnson    ENUMERATOR: S.C. Trowbringer, Asst.  ENUM DATE: 2 Jun
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Pg Ln Names of Master,       Johnson Keokuk   Heads  White White  Free   Free  Total          Males
      Mistress, Steward,     County  County    of    Males Fe-    Males   Fe-                over 21
      Overseer or Other                     Families       males   of    males                  &
      Principal Person                                           Colour   of                 Remarks
      First Name   Last Name                                            Colour
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1  1  Millins F    Shattuck    " "              2      5     0      0      0     5              5
1  2  Nathaniel    Thellows    " "              2      3     4      0      0     7              3
1  3  Allen        Baxter      " "              2      4     2      0      0     6              1
1  4  Benjamin     Millers     " "              2      6     3      0      0     9              1
1  5  Wm C         Massey      " "              2      4     1      0      0     5              3
1  6  Yale         Hamilton    " "              2      6     2      0      0     8              2
1  7  Jacob        Witters     " "              2      4     5      0      0     9              3
1  8  Willliam     Wain        " "              2      1     2      0      0     3              1
1  9  Johanthan    Harris      " "              2      4     1      0      0     5              2
1  10 Salim        Taylors     " "              2      2     1      0      0     3              2
1  11 Pleasant     Harris      " "              2      13    4      0      0     17             5
1  12 John         Garnner     " "              2      4     4      0      0     8              1
1  13 James W      Massey      " "              2      2     3      0      0     5              1
1  14 Jacob        Earhart     " "              2      5     2      0      0     7              3
1  15 Samuel P     Hamilton    " "              1      1     0      0      0     1              1
1  16 John J       Royal       " "              2      1     1      0      0     2              1
1  17 Elias        Seacorn     " "              2      4     2      0      0     6              1
1  18 Elijah       Parson      " "              2      4     2      0      0     6              1
1  19                                                                           112

DIVISION: Johnson County
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838    STATE: Iowa    COUNTY: Johnson    ENUMERATOR: S.C. Trowbringer, Asst.  ENUM DATE: 2 Jun
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Pg Ln Names of Master,       Johnson Keokuk   Heads  White White  Free   Free  Total          Males
      Mistress, Steward,     County  County    of    Males Fe-    Males   Fe-                over 21
      Overseer or Other                     Families       males   of    males                  &
      Principal Person                                           Colour   of                 Remarks
      First Name   Last Name                                            Colour
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2  0                                                                            112  No. Brot forward
2  1  Joseph       Weaver      " "      0       2      1     2      0      0     3              1
2  2  Joseph       Stover      " "      0       2      6     3      0      0     9              3
2  3  Elizabeth    Rolston     " "      0       1      1     3      0      0     4              0
2  4  John         Smith       " "      0       2      5     2      0      0     7              2
2  5  John A       Cane        " "      0       2      5     4      0      0     9              3
2  6  Samuel       Walkers     " "      0       1      4     0      0      0     4              3
2  7  George W     Hankins     " "      0       2      3     2      0      0     5              1
2  8  William      Sturgis     " "      0       1      1     0      0      0     1              1
2  9  William      Kelso       " "      0       2      3     2      0      0     5              2
2  10 David        Lucet       " "      0       2      3     3      0      0     6              1
2  11 John M       Lucus       " "      0       2      6     4      0      0     10             2
2  12 Philip       Clark       " "      0       1      2     0      0      0     2              2
2  13 John         Gilbert     " "      0       1      6     0      0      0     6              6
2  14 John A       Street      " "      0       2      5     2      0      0     7              3
2  15 Green        Hill        " "      0       2      6     2      0      0     8              1
2  16 Henry        Falkner     " "      0       2      5     0      0      0     5              5
2  16 E            Myers                                                              [incl. on line above]
2  17 Henry G      Reddout     " "      0       2      2     0      0      0     2              1
2  17 Nathaniel W  Reddout     " "                                                    [incl. on line above]
2  18 Isaac N      Lesh        " "      0       2      4     1      0      0     5              2
2  19 Silas W      Lesh        " "      0       1      3     0      0      0     3              1
2  20 Michael      Ritter      " "      0       2      3     3      0      0     6              2
2  21 Wheaten      Chase       " "      0       2      3     1      0      0     6              3
2  22 John         Morford     " "      0       2      5     7      0      0     12             2
2  23                                                                           237          (total)

2  24   I do hereby certify that the above schedule represents number of persons
        within Johnson County W.T. and I further certify that I cannot find any
        habitants in the county of Keokuk Given under my hand this 2d day of June
        1838.  Asssitant to the Sheriff of Cedar county, W.T.
                                   S.C. Trowbringer
Pg
3       Johnson County.  June the 4 A.D. 1838 - I hereby certify that James W.
        Tallman filed a coppy of the wrtten schedule in the Clerks office of Cedar
        County W.T. -
        Robert G Roberts D.C.C.C.