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He was selected by Governor Adair as peculiarly qualified for the important office of attorney general, and he discharged its duties to the perfect satisfaction of the country. This was the highest honor of the legal profession that a prac- titioner could enjoy, and there was but one step more for legal ambition, and that was a seat upon the bench. He did not attain the age when lawyers, in full practice, are willing to retire and leave the field of active and profitable labor to younger competitors ; but there is no question. judging of the future from the past, that he would have been called to occupy a distinguished place in the highest courts of judicature, at a little later period.
It was in the midst of a career like this, fruitful of honors, of public useful- ness and domestic happiness, that he fell by the hand of an assassin, on the night of the 6th November, 1825, in the thirty-eighth year of his age. The peculiar atrocity of the deed created a thrill of horror throughout the land, for it was at- tended with circumstances of most fiend-like barbarity. The legislature, of which Colonel Sharp was at that time a member, being in session, offered a reward of three thousand dollars for the detection and apprehension of the murderer, and passed resolutions testifying the public condolence and sympathy with the afflic- ted family, and the great loss the State had sustained in his untimely death.
ISHAM TALBOT was born in the county of Bedford, and State of Virginia, in the year 1773. While quite a youth, his father emigrated with his family to Ken- tucky, and settled near Harrodsburg, in Mercer county. The means of acqui- ring an education, at that early day, were necessarily limited, and each individual in the pursuit of knowledge, had to rely, in a great degree, on the resources of his own intellect and will. Young Talbot was sent to the best schools of Har- rodsburg ; but he acquired, without the aid of teachers, a respectable knowledge of the ancient and some of the modern languages.
On arriving at manhood, he studied law with Colonel George Nicholas, and commenced the practice of his profession in the town of Versailles, in Woodford county. He soon afterwards removed to Frankfort, and entered the lists when Clay, and Daveiss, and Bibb, and Bledsoe, and Rowan adorned the bar; and public opinion of that day and this, has regarded Mr. Talbot as one of the bright- est in that galaxy of illustrious names.
In 1812. he was elected to the senate of Kentucky from the county of Frank- lin, which office he continued to hold until his election, in 1815, to the senate of the United States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Jesse Bled- [Continued ou page 273.]
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF CITIES AND TOWNS IN KENTUCKY, Embracing one or more in each County in the State.
TOWNS.
COUNTIES.
LAT.
LON.
TOWNS.
COUNTIES.
LAT.
LON.
Albany
Clinton
36° 40'
S° 05'
Lexington
Fayette
38° 03'
7º 28'
Augusta
Braeken
38° 45'
7º 00'
Liberty
Casey
37° 20'
7º 54'
Barboursville .. Knox
36° 55'
6º 47'
Litchfield
Grayson
37° 32'
9º 17'
Bardstown
Nelson
37° 48'
8° 25'
London
Laurel
37° 13'
6° 56'
Bedford
Trimble
38° 40'
Sº 19'
Louisa
Lawrence ..
38° 11'
5° 35'
Benton
Marshall
36º 52'
11° 18'
Louisville
Jefferson
38° 17'
3º 45'
Blandville
Ballard
36° 56'
11º 57'
i MeKee
Jackson
37° 2S'
7° 00'
Booneville
Owsley
37° 32'
6° 12'
Madisonville .. Hopkins
37° 20' 10° 30'
Bowling Green Warren
37° 01'
9° 25'
Manchester Clay
37° 11' 6° 46'
Brandenburg .. Meade
38° 01'
9º 10'
Marion
Crittenden ..
37° 20' 11° 01'
Brownsville ... Edmonson ..
37° 14'
9º 15'
Mayfield
Graves
36° 45' 11º 36'
Burksville
Cumberland 36° 47'1
8° 20'
Maysville
Mason
38° 40'
6° 40'
Burlington
Boone
39° 01'
7º 42'
Monticello
Wayne
36° 50'
7º 40'
Cadiz
Trigg
36º 52'
10° 46'
Morehead
Rowan
38° 15'
6° 23'
Calhoon
MeLean
37° 34' 10° 14'
Morganfield
Union
37° 43'
10° 53'
Campbellsville Taylor
37° 23'
8º 20'
Morgantown Mt. Olivet
. Butler.
17'
9º 40'
Carlisle
Nicholas
38° 22'
7° 01'
Mt. Pleasant .. Harlan
36° 57'1
6° 20'
Clinton
Hickman
37° 08' 8º 15'|
Munfordville .. Hart
37° 19'
8° 46'
Columbus
Hickman
36° 48' 12º 12'
Murray
Calloway ..
38'
11° 15'
Compton
Wolfe 37° 49'
6° 34'
Nicholasville .. Jessamine ...
37º 52'
7º 33'
Covington
Kenton 39° 05'
7º 30'
New Castle .... Henry
38° 25'
8° 08'
Crab Orchard .. Lincoln
37° 24'
7º 30'
Newport .
Campbell.
39° 05'
7º 29'
Cumberl'd Gap Josh Bell
36° 37'
6° 42'
Owensboro'
Daviess
37° 48' 10° 09'
Cynthiana
Harrison
(37° 23'
70 17'
Owenton
Owen
38° 32' 7º 50'
Danville
Boyle 37° 30'
Owingsville
Bath
38° 10'
6° 44
Dixon
Webster
37º 33' 10° 43'
Paducah
McCracken .
37° 05'
11° 35'
Eddyville
Lyon
37° 01'
10° 59'
Paintville
Johnson
37° 53'
5° 48'
Paris
Bourbon
38° 12'
7º 13'
Pikeville
Pike
37° 33' 5° 30'
Elkton .
Todd
36° 51'
10° 13'
Prestonburg.
Floyd
37° 37' 5° 38'
Falmouth
Pendleton 38° 40'
7º 18'
Princeton
Caldwell
37° 02'
10° 54
Flemingsburg
Fleming
38° 25'
6° 40'
Proctor Lee
37° 37'
6° 42'
Frankfort
Franklin
38° 12'
7º 52'
Richmond
Madison
37º 43'
7º 13'
Franklin
Simpson
36° 45'
9º 31'
Russellville
Logan
36° 50'
9° 50'
Georgetown Scott 38° 14'
7º 31'1
Salyersville ..
Magoffin
37° 48'
6° 03'
Glasgow
Barren 37° 01'
8º 52'
Scottsville
Allen
|36° 45'
9º 06'
Grayson
Carter 38° 23'
5° 57'
Shelbyville
Shelby
38° 11'
8° 12'
Greensburg .... Green
37° 16'
8º 30'
Shepherdsville Bullitt
37° 58'
8° 42' 11° 18'
Greenville ...... Muhlenburg
37° 15'
10° 10'
Somerset
Pulaski
37° 03'
7º 30'
Hardinsburg .. Breekinr'ge
37° 47'
9º 28'
Springfield
Washington
(37° 42'
8º 16'
Harrodsburg .. Mercer
37° 44' 7º 48'
Stanford
Lincoln
37° 42' 7º 32'
Hartford Ohio
37° 25'
Stanton
Powell
37º 52'
6° 48'
Hawesville
Hancock 37° 56'
9º 45'
Taylorsville .. Spencer
38° 00'
8° 20'
Hazard
Perry 37° 20'
6° 12'
Tompkinsville Monroe
36° 43'
8º 36'
Henderson
Henderson .. (37° 48'
10° 42'
Vanceburg
Lewis
38° 40'
6° 20'
Hickman
Fulton
36° 34'
12° 10'
Versailles
Woodford
38° 02'
7º 40'
Hodgenville
Larue 37° 37'
8° 45'
Warsaw
Gallatin
38° 45'
7º 53'
Hopkinsville .. Christian
36º 52' 10° 35'
Washington
Mason
38° 37'
6° 43'
Irvine
Estill
37° 43'
6° 53'
West Liberty .. Morgan
37° 59'
6° 17'
Jackson
Breathitt 37° 38'
8° 02'
Whitesburg .... Letcher
37° 12'
5° 53'
Lagrange Oldham
38° 25'
8° 23'
Williamsburg . Whitley
36° 47'
7º 11'
Lancaster .. Garrard
37° 37'
7º 30'
Williamstown . Grant
38° 41'
7º 42'
Lawrenceburg Anderson
38° 04'1
7º 51'
Winchester .... Clark
37° 5S'
7º 07'
Lebanon ..
Marion
37° 36'
8º 14'
Robertson ...
38° 30'
7º 01'
Carrollton
Carroll
38° 40'
8° 10'!
5° 30' !!
Mt. Sterling ... Montgom'ry
38° 04'
6° 55'
Catlettsburg ... Boyd
38° 30' 36° 41'[11º 58'
Mt. Vernon .... Rockcastle ..
37° 22'
7º 12'
Columbia
Adair
Edmunton
Metcalfe 37° 01'
Sº 36'
Elizabethtown Hardin
37° 42'
Sº 50'
Greenupsburg . Greenup
38° 32'
. 5° 46'
Smithland
Livingston ..
37° 09'
8° 32'
Jamestown Russell 37° 00'
6° 27' Westport
Oldham
38° 27'
II ... 17
(257)
9º 56'
Sº 30'
25S
STATISTICS OF KENTUCKY.
POPULATION OF KENTUCKY. FROM THE YEAR 1700 TO THE YEAR 1870, INCLUSIVE.
COUNTIES.
1870
1560
1850
1840
1830
1820
1S10
1800
1790
Adair
11,065
9,509
9,898
8,466
8,217
8,765
6,011
Allen
10,296
9,187
8,742
7,329
6,485
5,32
Anderson
5,449
7,404
6,260
5,452
4,520
Ballard
12,576
8,692
5,496
Barren
17,780
16,665
20,240
17,288
15,079|
10,328
11,286
4,784
Bath
10,145
12,113
12,115
9,763
8,799
7,961
Boone
10,696
11,196
11,185
10,034
9,075
6,542
3,608
1,534
Bourbon
14,863
14,860
14,466
14,478
18,436
17,664
18,009
12,825
7,837
Boyle.
9,515
9,304
9,116
7,053
6,518
5,280
3,706
2,606
Breathitt
5,672
4,980
13,785
2,195
7,345
7,485
3,430
807
Bullitt
7,781
7,289
6,774
6,334
5,652
5,831
4,311
3,542
Butler ..
9,404
7,927
5,755
3,898
3,058
3,083
2,181
Caldwell
10,826
9,318
13,048
10,365
8,324
9,022
4,268
Calloway
9,410
9,915
8,096
9,794
5,164
7,022
3,473
1,903
Carroll
6,189
6,578
5,526
3,966
Carter
7,509
8,516
6,241
6,556
4,939
4,342
4,349
3,285
Christian
23,227
21,627
19,580
15,587
12,684
10,459
11,020
2,318
Clark
10,882
11,484
12,683
10,802
13,051
11,449
11,519
7,653
Clay.
8,297
6,652
5,421
4,607
3,548
4,393
2,39S
Clinton
6,497
5,781
4,889
3,863
Crittenden
9,381
8,796
6,351
Cumberland.
7,690
7,340
7.005|
6,090
8,624
8,058
6,191
3,284
Daviess
20,714
15,549
12,362
8,331
5,209
3,876
Edmonson
4,459
4,045
4,088
2,914
2,642
Elliott
9,198
6,886
5,985
5,535
4,618|
3,507
2,082
14,02S
18,410
Fleming
13,398
12,489
13,914|
13,268
13,499
12,186
8,947
5,016
Floyd
7,877
6,388
5,714
6,302
4,347
8,207
3,485
478
Franklin
15,300
12,694
12,462
9,420
9,254
11,024
8,013
5,078
Fulton
6,161
5,317
4,446
4,003
6,674
7,075
3,307
1,291
Garrard
10,376
10,531
10,237
10,480
11,871
10,851
9,186
6,186
Grant
9,529
8,356
6,531
4,19
2,95€
1,805
Graves
19,398
16,233
11,397
7,465
2,504
Grayson
11,580
7,982
6,837
4,461
3,880
4,055
2,301
Green
9,379
8,806
9,060|
14,212
13,138
11,943
6,735
6,096
Greenup
11,463
8,760
9,654
6,297
5,852
4,311
2,369
Hancock.
6,591
Hardin.
15,705
15,189
14,525
16,357|
12,849'
10,498
7,531
3,653
Harlan
4,415
5,494
4,268
3,015
2,929
1,961 12,278
7,752
4,350
Hart
13,687
10,348
9,093
7,031
5,191
4,184
Henderson
18,457
14,262
12,171
9,548
6,659
5,714|
4.703
1,468
Henry
11,066
11,949
11,442
10,015;
11,387
10,816
6,777
3,258
Hickman
8,453
7,008
4,791
8.968
5.198
Hopkins
13,827
11,875
12,441
9,171
6,763
5,322
2,964
Jackson
4,547
3,087
Jefferson
118,953
89,404
59,831
36,346
23,979|
20,768
13,399
8,754
4,765
Jessamine.
8,638
9,465
10,249
9,396
9,960
9,297
8,377
5,461
Josh Bell
3,731
Johnson
7,494
5,306
3,873
Kenton
36,096
25,467
17,038
7,816
Knox.
8.294
7,707
7,050
5,722
4,31:1
3,661
5,875
1,109
Larue
8,235
6,891
5,859
Laurel
6,016
5,488
4,145
3,079
2,206|.
Lawrence
8,497
7,601
6,281
4,730
3,900
Lee
3,055
6,213
3,853
2,581
1,515
Harrison
12,993
13,779|
13,064
12,472
13,234
Fayette
26,656
22,599
22,735
22,194
25,098
23,250
21,370
Gallatin
5,074
5,056
13,127
5,214
9,883
Campbell
27,406
20,909
13,236
10,593
8,944
Boyd
8,573
6.044
Bracken
11,409
11,021
8,903
Breckinridge
13,440
8,884
6,466
2,905
Casey
4,433
Estill
5,137
...
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POPULATION OF KENTUCKY.
COUNTIES.
1870
1S60
1850
1840
1830
1820
1S10
1800
1790
Letcher.
4,608
3,904
2,512
Lewis
9,115
8,361
7,202
6,306
5,229
3,973
2,357
Lincoln
10,947
10,647
10,093
10,187
11,002
9,973
8,676
8,621
6,548
Livingston
8,200
7,213
6,578
9,025
5,971
5,824
3,674
2,856
Logan
20,429
19,021
16,581
13,615
13,012
14,423
12,123
5,807
Lyon
6,233
5,307
15,727
16,355
18,751
15,954
15,540
10,490
5,772
Marion
12,838
12,593
11,765
11,032
Marshall
9,455
6,982
5,269
Mason ..
18,126
18,222
18,344
15,719
16,199
13,588
12,459
12,182
2,729
McCracken .
13,988
10,360
6,067
4,745
1,297
McLean
7,614
6,144
8,898
7,393
5,780
4,131
Menifee
1,986
Mercer
13,144
13,701|
14,067
18,720
17,694
15,587
12,630
9,646
7,091
Metcalfe
9,231
8,551
7,756
6,526
5,340
4,956
Montgomery
7,557
7.859
9,903
9,332
10,240
9,587
12,975
7,082
Muhlenburg
12,368
10,725
9,809
6,964
5,340
4,979
4,181
1,443
Nelson
14,804
15,799|
14,789
13,637
. 14,932
16,273
14,078
9.866
11,315
Nicholas
9,129
11,039|
10,361
8,743
8,834
7,973
1,898
2,925
Ohio
15,561
12,209|
9,749
6,592
4,715
3,879
3,792
1,223
Oldham
9,027
7,283
7,629
7,380
9,588
Owen
14,309
12,719
10,444
8,232
5,786
2,031
Owsley
3,889
5,335
3,774
Pendleton ..
14,030
10,443
6,774
4,455
3,863
3,086
3,061
1,613
Perry
4,274
3,950
3,092
3,089
3,330
Pike
9,562
7,384
5,365
3,507
2,677
Powell
2,599
2,257
14,195
9,620
9,500
7,597
6,897
3.161
Robertson ...
5,399
Rockcastle ..
7,145
5,343
4,697
3,409
2,865
2,249
1,731
Rowan
2,991
2,282
6,024
5,349
4,238
3,879
Scott
11,607
14.417|
14,946
13,668
14,677.
14,219
12,419
8,007
Shelby
15,733
16,433
17,095
17,768
19,030
21,047:
14,877
8,191
Simpson
9,573
8,146
7,733
6,53
5,815
4,852
Spencer
5,956
6,188
6,842
6,581
6,812
Todd
12,612
11,575
12,268
9,991
8,680
5,089
Trigg
13,686
11,051
10,129
7,716
5,916
3,874
Trimble
5,577
5,880
5,963
4,480
Union
13,640
12,791
9.012
6,673
4,764
3,470
Warren
21,742
17,320
15,123
15,446
10,949
11,776|
11,937
4,686
Washington
12,464
11,575
12,194
10,596
19,017|
15,947
13,248
9,050
Wayne.
10,602
10,259
8,692
7,399
8,685
7,951
5,430
Webster
10,937
7,533
Whitley
8,278
7,762
7,447
4,673
3,806
2.340
Wolfe ..
3,603
Woodford ...
8,240
11,219
12,423
11,740
12,273
12,207
9,659
6,624
9,210
Total .. ..
1,321,011;1,155,684 982,405,779,828 687,917 564.317 406,511 220,955:73,677
Total increase of population, from 1790 to 1800
(200
per cent. ).
.147,278
66
66
1800 " 1810
( 84
66
184,556
1810 " 1820
157,806
1820 " 1830
( 22
).
.123,600
131/3
)
91,911
1840 " 1850
( 26
173% "
)
173,279
¥
1860 " 1870.
: 141/3
.165,327
The total foreign-born population of Kentucky was, in 1870. 63,398 ; in 1860, 59,799 ; and in 1850, 31,420-showing an increase of 28,379, or 9015 per cent., from 1850 to 1860, and of only 3,599, or six per cent., from 1860 to 1870.
In 1870, the total population of immediate foreign descent-having one or both parents foreign-was 142,720. Of this number, 126,799 had both parents foreign.
....
5,975
9,237
7,620
4,603
2,857
Morgan ..
7,934
6,745
Monroe
19,543
17,207
3.485
Magoffin
4,684
Meade
9,485
17,670
17,201
Pulaski
Russell
5,809
7,481
7,250
Taylor
8,226
....
66
1
1830 " 1840
.202,577
1850 “ 1860
.( 3613 “
Madison
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STATISTICS OF KENTUCKY.
POPULATION OF KENTUCKY.
WHITES, FREE COLORED, AND SLAVES, FOR THE YEARS NAMED.
COUNTIES.
1870
1S60
1S50
1840
1870
1860
1860
1850
1840
Adair
9,229
7,847
8,083
6,769
1,836
60
1,602
1,707
1,605
Allen
9,192
7,625
7,385
6,375
1,104
40
1,522
1,314
935
Anderson
4,751
6.033
4,948
4,372
698
14
1,357
1,282
1,059
Ballard
11,099
6.943
4,628
1,477
31
1,718
842
Barren
14,157
12,539
15,543;
13,147
3,623
48
4,078
4,584
4,065
Bath
8,443
9,472
9,464
7,708
1,702
141
2,500
2,535
1,951
Boone
9,684
9.403
9,044
7,824
1,012
48
1,745
2,104
2,183
Bourbon
8,186
7,793
7,155
7,845
6,677
300
6,767
7,066
6,325
Boyle
5,836
5,590
5,375
3,679
435
3,279
3,424
Bracken
10,773
10,188
7,949
6,083
636
83
750
840
819
Breathitt
5,491
4,750
3,603
2,076
181
25
190
170
119
Breckinridge
11,758
10,879
8,616
7,239
1,682
17
2,340
1,966
1,691
Bullitt
6,587
5,815
5,392
4,996
1,194
16
1,458
1,355
1,320
Butler
8,761
7.132
5,055
3,379
643
25
770
681
515
Caldwell.
8,748
6,873
9,802
8,091
2,078
39
2,406
3,107
2,171
Calloway
8,598
8,409
7,088
8,870
812
14
1,492
992
911
Campbell
27,123
20,701
12,871
4,921
282
88
116
177
289
Carroll
5,649
5,491
4,549
3,212
540
42
1,045
949
731
Carter
7,409
8.170
5,960
2,711
100
37
309
257
186
Casey
8,340
5,743
5,863
4,371
544
57
666
634
531
Christian
13,415
11,619
11,290
9,491
9.812
57
9,951
8,140
5,997
Clark
7,167
6,598
7,709
6,755
3,715
124
4.762
4,840
3,902
Clay
7,802
6,041
4,734
3,954
495
262
349
515
503
Clinton
6,205
5,503
4,589
3,674
292
20
258
262
188
Cumberland.
6,181
5.874
5,476
4,571 6,327
3,603
76
3,515
2,889
1,960
Edmonson
4,233
4,361
3,748
2,579
226
11
273
325
334
Estill
8,599
6,363
5,568
4,960
599
16
507
411
558
Fayette
14,142
11,899
11,178
10,885
12,513
685
10,015
10,889
10,710
Fleming .
11,842
10,359
11,617
11,158
1,556
112
2,018
2,139
1,992
Floyd
7,706
6,168
5,503
6,103
171
73
147
149
184
Franklin
10,637
8,860
8,740
6,337
937
19
1,078
943
Gallatin
4,474
4,334
4,399
3,361
600
14
708
704
604
Garrard
6,972
6,857
7,029
7,110
3,404
96
3,578
3,176
3,283
Grant
9,020
7,630
5,993
3,838
509
30
696
532
348
Graves
17,069
13,386
9,950
6,644
2,329
2
2,845
1,439
817
Grayson
11,173
7,628
6,507
4,262
407
3
351
320
199
Green
7,442
6,323
6,335
10,263
1,937
111
2,372
2,608
3,830
Greenup
11,002
8,350
8,992
5,479
461
47
363
606
754
Hancock
5,861
5,382
3,216
2,039
729
13
818
622
539
Hardin ..
13,429
12,626
12,023
13,829
2,276
33
2,530
2,459
2,482
Harlan
4,304
5,352
4,108
2,928
99
15
127
123
79
Harrison
10,615
10,341
9,733
8,995
2,378
149
3,289
3,185
3,384
Hart
11,495
8,878
7,739
5,978
2,192
75
1,395
1.301
1,009
Henderson
12,467
8,405
7,651
6,181
5,990
77
5,767
4.397
3,319
Henry
8,628
8,602
8,375
7,637
2,438
36
3,31
3,013
2,349
Hiekman
6,818
5,739
3,932
7,345
1,635
20
1,249
841
1,615
Hopkins ...
11,958
9,836
10,199
7,417
1,869
30
2,009
2,192
1,723
Jefferson
99,806
77,093
47,283
26,987
19,146
2,007
10,304
10,911
8,596
Jessamine ....
5,199
5,671
6,256
5,780
3,439
96
3,698
3,825
3,472
Johnson
7,373
5,260
3,843
37
19
27
30
Kenton
34,439
24,815
16,117
7,031
1,657
85
567
830
. 751
Knox.
7,737
7,034
6,233;
5,022
557
184
489
612
536
Larue
7,270
5,987
5,177
965
4
900|
672
Laurel
5,872.
5,301
3,9171
2,964|
144
1
186
1921
109
..
809
19
939
848
Crittenden ...
8,572
7,838
5,473
1,509
53
1,413
1,485
1,485
Daviess
17,111
11,958
9.419
Elliott
4,411
22
450
3,384
3,365
2,849
Fulton
5,224
4,220
3,499
..
Jackson
4,496
3,059
51
21
7
Josh Bell
3,620
111
....
..
291
17
156
Boyd.
8,282
5,871
WHITE.
FREE COLORED.
SLAVE.
......
4,663
261
POPULATION OF KENTUCKY.
WHITE.
FREE COLORED.
SLAVE.
COUNTIES.
1870
1S60
1$50
1840
1870
1S60
1860
1850
1S40
Lawrence.
8,376
7,443
6,142
4,652
12
12
146
137
77
Lee ..
2,924
3,787
2,440
129
9
108
62
Lewis
8,SS?
8,114
6,872
5,873
228
17
230
322
406
Lincoln
7,871
7,059
6,634
6,582
3,076
158
3,430
3,355
3,450
Livingston ..
7,147
5,955
5,401
7,338
1,052
36
1,222
1,118
1,588
Logan
14,706
12,295
10,75S
8,479
5,723
370
6,356
5,467
4,826
Lyon
4,814
4,167
10,269
10,860
6,272
148.
6,034
5,393
5,413
Magoffin
4,805
3,338
8,598
8,340
3,343
110
3,479
3,086
2,612
Mason
14,544
14,065
13,674
11,138
3,582
385
3,772
4,284
4,309
McCracken .. McLean
6,800
5,227
6,944
5,799
4,366
1,294
22
1,932
1,573
1,409
Menifee
1,970
10,149|
10,471
13,061
3,310
278
3,274
3,260
5,286
Metcalfe
7,073
5,914
6,902
5.811
789
17
922
831
703
Montgomery
4,858
4,967
6,666
6,409
2,699
140
2,752
3,073
2,735
Morgan
5,931
8,986
7,395
4,539
44
81
170
187
61
Muhlenburg.
11,005
9,101
8,250
5,755
1,633
40
1,584
1,522
1,196
Nelson
10,8S6
10,160
9,543
8,878
3,918
109
5,530
5,130
4,643
Nicholas
7,885
9,261
8,682
7,310
1,244
155
1,614
1,513
1,253
Ohio
14,168
10,868
S,568|
5,747
1,393
29
1,292
1,132
S23
Oldham
6,217
4,815
5,156
4,858
2,810
37
2,431
2,424
2,377
Owen
13,133
10,989
8,882
6,915
1,176
70
1,660
1,514
1,281
Owsley.
3,812
5,205
3,616
75
18
112
136
Pendleton
13,389
9,97
6,230
4,013
641
42
424
509
437
Perry
4,173
3,863
2,972
2,923
96
14
73
117
143
Pike
9,460
7,247
5,250
3,469
102
40
97
98
85
Powell
2,360
2,108
Pulaski
16.595
15,819
12,861
8,583
1,075
52
1,330
1,307
1,019
Robertson.
5,1-12
4,946
4,289
3,023
369
40
357
375
.377
Rowan
2,959
2,139
4,901
3,828
293
12
559
435
406
Scott ...
7,651
8,441
8,891
8,220
3,955
232
5,744
5,836
5,339
Simpson
7,406
5,743
5,756
5,004
2,167
96;
2,307
1,935
1,493
Spencer
4,477
3,974
4,659
4,650
1,479
9
2,205
2,151
1,911
Todd
7,752
6,681
7,361
6,070
4,860
45
4,849
4,810
3,879
Trigg
9,880
7,562
7,252
5,614
3,806
41
3,448
2,797
2,052
Trimble
5,121
5,04-
4,993
3,787
456
5
831
941
673
Union
11,066
9,666
6,704
· 4,909|
2,574
20
3,105
2,292
1,728
Warren
15,375
11,799
10,597
11,078
6,367
203
5,318
4,317
4,207
Washington.
10,354
8,707
9,086
7,900
2,110
46
2,822
3,045
2,658
Wayne .
9,927
9,244
7,855
6,754
675
28
987
830
630
Webster
9,582
6,417
7,222
4,50S
138
20
183
201
146
Wolfe
3,575
Woodford
4,415
5,276
5,878
5,816
3,825
114
5,829
6,376
5,752
Total.
1,098,692 919,484 761,413
590,253
222,210 10,684
225,483 210,981 182,258
Total slave population in 1790.
12,430
Increase in 10 years.
Increase per cent.
66
" 1800.
40,343
27,913
22416
" 1810
80,561.
40,218
9916
" 1820.
126,732
46,171
5714
" 1830.
165,213
38,481
3015
6
" 1840.
182,258
17,045
1014
" 1850
210,981
28,723.
1533
" 1860.
.225,483.
14,502
7
colored
" 1870. .222,210 .. Decrease 13,957
Decrease
6
Marshall
9,070
6,596
5,000
385
35
351
249
10,699
8,554
5,237
4,064
3,289
68
1,73S
808
654
814
29
883
Meade
16
46
1,094|
...
Madison
13,271
11,025
179
76
71
Marion
9,495
9,004
Mercer
9,834
861
50
781
Monroe
8,442|
7,612
9,634
10,289!
11,256
5,383
165;
6,634
6,617
6,355
Taylor
6,376
5,755
5.462
1,850
129
1,597
1,640
257
..
32
1
142
Russell
5,516
5,453
Shelby
10,350
239
24
125
..
...
8,140
7,552
Whitley
1,355
33!
1,083
Rockcastle
6,776
Letcher
4,479
131
1,419
S,191
1
262
STATISTICS OF KENTUCKY.
POPULATION OF KENTUCKY. THE CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES, FROM 1790 TO 1870.
In the Census returns of 1790, only five towns in Kentucky are given, viz. :
1. Lexington .834 | 3. Bardstown 216 | 5. Danville . 150
2. Washington 462 14. Louisville (in 1790) ... 200 | Louisville (in 1788) ... 30
Twenty-nine towns were separately returned by the Census of 1800, numbered according to population, as follows :
1. Lexington .... 1795 9. Versailles ..... 172
2. Frankfort 628 10. Springfield ... 163
3. Washington .. 570 11. Maysville ..... 137
4. Paris ... 377 12. Flemingsb'g .124
5. Louisville 359 13. Harrodsburg.124 ling 83
6. Georgetown .. 350 14. Russellville .. 117
7. Shelbyville ... 262 15. Richmond .... 110
8. Henderson ... 205 | 16. Newport ...... 106
| 17. Lancaster ..... 103
18. Shepherds- ville .. 96
23. Williamsburg, now Orangeb'g .. 70 24. Eddyville ...... 69 25. Hardinsburg .. 49 26. Falmouth ...... 38
We give, in the table below, arranged under the counties as at present di- vided, the returns for all the cities, towns, and villages which were officially reported to the Census Office, at Washington City. Wherever omissions occur, the assistant marshals failed to distinguish the populations from those of the counties.
COUNTIES.
TOWNS.
1870
1860
1850
1840
1830
1820
1810
Adair
Columbia
506
381
486
422
.....
175
Allen.
Scottsville
217
403
400
215
180
. .
Anderson
Lawrenceburg
393
320
......
. Rough-and-Ready
160
...
....
Ballard
Blandville
385
333
210
Barren
Glasgow.
733
933
505
617
214
Bath
Owingsville
550
480
....
.....
158
.....
Boone
Petersburg
400
420
Burlington
277
252
276
....
Taylorsport
120
Belleview
61
Bourbon
Paris
2,867
1,440;
1,197
1,219
838
Millersburg
675
556;
214
470
238
Boyd.
Ashland
1,459
Boyle
Danville
2,542
1,223
849
432
Perryville
479
Shelby City
223
Parksville
173
Bracken
Augusta
960
693
588
786
691
255
Germantown
351
170
125
Brooksville
348
262
Foster
191
Berlin
125
Milford.
108
Breathitt.
Jackson
54
...
194
......
Hardinsburg.
455
380
634
316
......
Stephensport
160
181
64
.......
Union Star
104
..
.....
.....
....
.......
Bewleyville
96
....
...
....
.....
..
..
387
..
251
241
Sharpsburg
319
329
Wyoming.
120
133
Florence
374
252
63
.....
North Middletown
320
195
...
...
Catlettsburg
1,019
....
....
....
......
Breckinridge ... Cloverport
849
920
...
...
283
......
New Roe
145
19. Mount Ster-
20. Germantown. 81 27. Greenville ...... 26 21. Hartford 74 28. Nicholasville .. 23
1 22. Greensburg ... 71 29. Prestonsburg .. 6
.....
....
.....
Milburn
314
Cave City
36
.......
shirt
263
POPULATION OF KENTUCKY.
COUNTIES.
TOWNS.
1870
1860
1850
1840
1$30
1820
1S10
Bullitt
Mount Washington ..
340
473
226
Shepherdsville
267
305
278
Pitt's Point
98
114
Butler.
Rochester
228
151
56
Woodbury
171
185
57
Morgantown
125
125
89
76
Caldwell
Princeton
1,012
491
366
Calloway
Murray
Wadesborough
Campbell.
Newport
15,087
10,046
5,895
717
413
Dayton
618
....
Alexandria
381
Belleview
381
Carroll.
Carrollton
1,098
1,511
323
120
Ghent ...
464
366
Prestonville
239
28
Carter
Grayson ...
152
Casey
Liberty.
33
Christian
Hopkins
3,136
2,289
1,581
1,263
131
Pembroke
278
1,142
1,047
620
538
Clinton
Albany
Crittenden
Marion
102
......
..
202
340
106
Daviess
Owensboro'
3,437
2,308
1,215
229
Whitesville
257
Edmonson
Brownsville
62
234
6,997
6,087
4,326
Fleming
Flemingsburg
425
759
591
648
..
Sherburne
158
145
Tilton
Poplar Plains
209
142
84
81
..... 32
Franklin
Frankfort
5,396
3,702
3,30S
1,917
1,987
1,617
1,099
Fulton
Hickman
1,120
1,006
401
Gallatin
Warsaw
715
658
600
323
120
Garrard
Lancaster
741
721
480
570
260
Grant
Crittenden
295
290
250
Williamstown
281
256
317
197
Graves
Mayfield
779
556;
44
Grayson
Litchfield.
314
226)
166
Green
Greensburg
351
536
585
669
132
Greenup
Greenupsburg
507
Hancock
Hawesville
855
1,128
420
...
......
Hardin.
Elizabethtown
1,743
556
979
601
181
Sonora.
266
....
....
134
Harrison
.. Cynthiana
1,771
1,237
798
975
369
Berryville
235
Leesburg
144
138
Claysville
115
......
Colemansville
77
Hart
Caverna
479
82
...
Munfordville.
249
265
274
194
Woodsonville
140
161|
48
...
..
Clark.
Winchester.
786
163
222
112
125
Elliott
Martinsburg
Estill
Irvine.
91
Fayette.
Lexington.
14,801
9,321
Elizaville
180
166
..
...
..
Mount Carmel.
Floyd
Prestonburg
179
Bell Point
91
80
.....
.....
204
308
...
Pelville
84
West Point
206
Big Spring
. .
,
..
Fredonia.
155
179
218
163
..
135
118
Lafayette
215
Cumberland
Burksville.
224
125
Port William
Millerstown
Osceola
89
Lewisport
48
..
..
..
...
264
STATISTICS OF KENTUCKY.
COUNTIES.
TOWNS.
1870
1860
1850
1840
1S30
1820
1810
Henderson
Henderson
4,17.1
1,775
483
159
Henry
New Castle
670
519
52S
538
125
Hickman
Columbus
1,574
963
186
.....
Hopkins
Madisonville
1,022
602
51
112
37
Jefferson
Louisville
100,753
68,033
43,194
21,210
10,341
4,012
1,357
Shippingport
606
98
Brunerstown
92
Middletown
244
270
241
Jeffersontown
Nicholasville
1,089
800
632
408
158
Johnson
Paintville
247
16.471
9,408
2,026
715
....
West Covington
993
554
Ludlow
817
. .
...
.....
Independence
134
189
182
Bromley
121
230
184
224
138
55
Larue
Hodgenville
404
246
Laurel
London
165
235
15
Lawrence
Louisa
425
258
Lee
Beattyville
123
......
Lewis
Vanceburg
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