Chronicles of Boone County Kentucky

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====== Boone County African Americans in Tax Lists ======
Compiled for the African Americans in Boone County Project sponsored by Preservation Kentucky. 

The data below gives an idea of not only how many slaves were in the county, but how many each household owned.  Also it presents data on how many people owned land in the area.


===== 1799 =====
===Boone County Commissioner's Tax List - Slaveholders===
^Name^Acres^Water Source^Blacks over 16^Total Blacks^
|Thomas Allen|150|Woolper|1|2|
|Bailis Ashby|360|Woolper|1|2|
|Archibald Alloway|500|Fowler & Anth- Creeks|5|9|
|John Boswell|100|Ohio|1|3|
|[[brown_family|John Brown]]|650|Ohio (& Green River)|1|1|
|William Batse|145|Jane Lick|2|3|
|[[John Bush]]|234|Ohio (more Green River)|2|3|
|James Barthet|500|Ohio|5|6|
|Arthur Conley|1300|Mud Lick|1|1|
|Thos. Carneal| | |11|22|
|Jane Cloud|467|Garrison|1|2|
|James Cloud| | |1|1|
|William Cave, Sr.|200|Garrison|3|17|
|William Cave|115|Garrison|1|2|
|Geo. Christly| | |1|3|
|Benjamin Craig|300|Stony Creek|2|5|
|John Craig|5000|Ohio|2|5|
|Benjamin Fennel|366|Mud Lick|1|3|
|Absolom Gaines|255|Garrison| |2|
|Geo. Gaines|306|Garrison| |1|
|John Graves|350|Garrison|6|21|
|Edmund Garnet|300|Garrison|3|4|
|Archibald Hread|300|Mud Luck|1|2|
|Elzipham Hume| | | |1|
|Elijah Hazard| | | |2|
|----- Howlet| | |2|6|
|John Hall|100|Sand Run|2|2|
|John Hcraig|500|Woodford Cty| |1|
|Robert Johnson| | | |1|
|John Jones|120|Sand Run|5|10|
|[[Cave Johnson]]|2000+|Sand Run & Ohio|7|15|
|Jeremiah K-|400|Taylor Creek|6|11|
|John L-ther| | | |1|
|-----|500|Mud Lick|1|1|
|Daniel Mosby|205| |3|3|
|Chice--- Matthew|50|Mud Lick|1|1|
|Benjamin Michael|50|Sand Run| |1|
|Johnathan Markland|70| |2|3|
|Richard Markland|100| | |1|
|Richard Parker|150|Ohio|2|6|
|Jacob Piatt|510|Ohio & Second Creek|2|4|
|John Rahona| | |1|3|
|John Ryle| | |2|3|
|James Ryle| | |1|4|
|Widow Rowan| | |1|1|
|William Shackleford| | |1|2|
|Robert Stewart| | |4|4|
|William Sebree|149|Garrison|1|2|
|John Tindle| | |7|13|
|William Veden| | | |1|
|Jacob Walker|200|Ohio|3|6|
|John Watts|600|Ohio-Mason Cty|2|4|
|Joshua Whittentor| | |1|1|
|Christopher Wilson| | | |1|
|William Worrel| | |1|5|
^Totals^ ^ ^126^269^

White Tithables - 260




===== 1810 =====

^Statistics for 1810 Tax Assessment^^Slaveholding Demographics^ ^How Slaves Lived^
|Total households| 459|                          Slaveholding households with 1-5 slaves| 103|Slaves in households with 1-5 slaves| 242|    
|Total slaves| 623|                              Slaveholding households with 6-10 slaves| 25|Slaves in households with 6-10 slaves|180| 
|Households with slaves|  142|                   Slaveholding households with 11-20 slaves| 15|Slaves in households with 11-20 slaves|201|
|Households with no land/slaves|  202|           Slaveholding households with 21+ slaves| 0|Slaves in households with 21+ slaves| 0|
|Households with land but no slaves|  115|

^% Households with Slaves^  31%^
^% Households with no Land/Slaves^  44%^

93% of first-rate land held by slaveholders

72% of second-rate land held by slaveholders

30% of third-rate land held by slaveholders

//Citation:  Commissioner’s Book:  Boone County, Kentucky.  1810.  Microfilm.  Kenton County Library.  Covington, KY.//

[[1810 Boone County Tax List]]
===== 1831 =====

Statistics for 1831 Tax Assessment:  (no 1830 tax assessment left)

^Statistics for 1831 Tax Assessment^^Slaveholding Demographics^ ^How Slaves Lived^
|Total adults| 1381|                          Slaveholding households with 1-5 slaves| 336|Slaves in households with 1-5 slaves| 794|    
|Total slaves| 1918|                              Slaveholding households with 6-10 slaves| 72|Slaves in households with 6-10 slaves|564| 
|total adults with slaves|  445|                   Slaveholding households with 11-20 slaves| 32|Slaves in households with 11-20 slaves|438|
|Total adults with no land/slaves|  629|           Slaveholding households with 21+ slaves| 5|Slaves in households with 21+ slaves| 122|

^% Households with Slaves^  32%^
^% Households with no Land/Slaves^  46%^


//Citation:  Commissioner’s Book:  Boone County, Kentucky.  1831.  Microfilm.  Kenton County Library.  Covington, KY.//

===== 1850 =====

^Statistics for 1850 Tax Assessment^^Slaveholding Demographics^ ^How Slaves Lived^
|Total adult males and households| 2253|                          Slaveholding households with 1-5 slaves| 346|Slaves in households with 1-5 slaves| 773|    
|Total slaves|1991 |                              Slaveholding households with 6-10 slaves| 112|Slaves in households with 6-10 slaves| 873| 
|total adults with slaves|482 |                   Slaveholding households with 11-20 slaves| 23|Slaves in households with 11-20 slaves|327|
|Total adults with no land/slaves|  1165|           Slaveholding households with 21+ slaves| 1|Slaves in households with 21+ slaves| 24|

^ % Adults with Slaves^  21^
^ % Adults with no Land/Slaves^  52^



//Citation:  Commissioner’s Book:  Boone County, Kentucky.  1850.  Microfilm.  Kenton County Library.  Covington, KY.//

===== 1852 =====

  * Boone County Tax Lists, 1852: [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/30772/0|Free persons of color]].


===== Related Articles =====
  * [[1795 Campbell Co. Tax List]]
  * [[african-americans|More information regarding African-Americans in Boone County]]
  * [[Slavery]]
  * [[1810]], [[1831]], [[1850]]
  * [[Farming]]
  * [[Boone_county|Boone County History]]