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.
