1838 Wisconsin Territorial Census - Iowa, Clayton County
Transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall
for the IAGenWeb State Census Project http://iagenweb.org/census/
Copyright (c) 2004 by Sharyl Ferrall
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Census Year: 1838
Microfilm Number: none (see source information below)
State: Iowa
County: Clayton
Enumerator: J.W. Griffith, Sheriff Clayton Co. W.T.
Enumeration Date: 29 May 1838
Transcriber's Notes:
No line numbers appear on the original census. Line numbers have
been assigned to indicate the listed order.
Source: Iowa State Gazetteer, by James T. Hair; Chicago: Bailey & Hair, 1865; Clayton County. pg. 131
pg. 131
After Court the Sheriff commenced taking the FIRST CENSUS, preparatory to an election for
the purpose of organizing the county, also including the present State of Minnesota which
was attached to Clayton for judicial purposes. *
[footnote: *That part "north of Root River and extending west to the extreme part of the
territory of Wisconsin," contained at that time 204 white males, 144 white females, four
free males of color, and two free females of color, making a total of 354. "The number
of persons within my division, consisting of two hundred seventy-four, appears in a
schedule hereto annexed, subscribed by me this 29th day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. This division is confined to Clayton county
proper.
J.W. GRIFFITH, Sheriff Clayton Co. W.T."]
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1838 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Clayton ENUMERATOR: J.W. Griffith ENUM DATE: 29 May 1838
SOURCE: Iowa State Gazetteer, by James T. Hair; Chicago: Bailey & Hair, 1865; Clayton County. pg. 131
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HEADS OF FAMILIES WHITE WHITE TRANSCRIBER'S
PG & PRIN'L PERSONS MALES FEMALES TOTAL REMARKS
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1 J.W. Griffith 5 6 11
2 Robt. Campbell 3 2 5
3 Elias Miller 1 - 1
4 Dudley Peck 2 - 2
5 David Springer 6 2 8
6 Luther Patch 5 5 10
7 E. Price 5 - 5
8 Henry Redmon 2 2 4
9 Tho's Van Syckle 2 3 5
10 S. Wadsworth 1 1 2
11 James Henderson 6 2 8
12 Geo. W. Jones 5 4 9
13 Luther Mead 2 - 2
14 H.F. Lander 7 3 9 numbers transcribed as in the source
15 S.L. Taintor 1 1 2
16 A.S. Cooley 5 1 6
17 A. Kennedy 4 5 9
18 Wm. Harper 2 4 6
19 C.S. Edson 1 - 1
20 Herman Graybill 2 1 1 numbers transcribed as in the source
21 Wm. Warner 2 3 5
22 Patton mcMellan 3 2 5
23 Robert Hetfield 9 2 11
24 Reuben Decus 2 2 4
25 H.D. Bronson 2 1 3
26 Fred'k Andros 3 2 4
27 S. McMasters 4 - 4
28 Allen Carpenter 2 2 4
29 David Lowry 13 3 16
30 Bradford Porter 1 3 4
31 Jacob Lemmons 3 5 8
32 Henry Johnson 2 - 2
33 John Frost 1 - 1
34 Henry Warner 1 - 1
35 Jesse Dandley 6 - 7
36 E. Boardman 4 - 4
37 Wm. W. Wayman 4 - 4
38 Naham Dudley 2 - 2
39 E.R. Hill 3 - 3
40 Baldwin Ohmstead 7 2 9
41 D.C. Van Syckle 5 2 7
42 Wm. D. Grant 2 - 2
43 Samuel Johnson 2 3 5
44 McCraney 1 2 3
45 E.E. Oliver 5 2 7
46 Wm. Walker 5 4 9
47 Jacob F. Redmon 2 - 2
48 F.L. Rudolph 1 - 1
49 Charles Latrouce 4 4 8
50 S. LaPoint 1 - 2
51 Burns 2 - 2
Totals 181 93 274
