Henderson County, Kentucky

1792 Census of Henderson County

1792 Census of Henderson County, Kentucky
(formerly known as Red Banks/Charleston)

The following was taken from File Box #1, "Letters and Petitions from Red Banks 1792"; located at the Kentucky State Archives. Recorded in the Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society in 1927.

On 16 Nov 1792, Robert SIMPSON from Red Banks, on the Ohio River, wrote a letter to Colonel Alexander D. ORR in Lexington, Kentucky, requesting help in selecting someone for a position as Magistrate in Red Banks, because there were about thirty families living there now and were in need of some kind of justice system.

"An Accurate List of the Free Male Inhabitants of Charleston ("Red Banks, Ohio") a part of Logan County, between the ages of 16 and 60 years, taken 19 Nov 1792."

John RAYBURN, Sen.
John RAYBURN, Jun.
William WORTHINGTON
Joseph WORTHINGTON
Benjamin WORTHINGTON
William LAURENCE
John McCOMB
*Thomas MASON, Sen.
Thomas MASON, Jun
.
John MASON
George FLYNN
Isaac BRYSON
Aaron DAY
Jethru SUMNER
Samuel BRADLEY
Benjamin KELSEY
Theoderick ___________
John DORRITT
Derrick SCHUYLER
Michael RUBY
John WITTORS
Jesse KYMBALL
Thomas VINAGUM
Isum VINAGUM
Julius DRIGGERS

James JONES
Norod FRANCEWAY
Nathan YOUNG
Stephen SIMPSON
????? CONNALLY
Peter THOM
John SLOVER
Benjamin DAVIS
Laurence ROLESSON, Sen.
Laurence ROLESSON, Jun.
Robert SIMPSON
Daniel CARR
Epram NOLIN
John KNIGHT
Peter FREAKS
Conrad FREAKS
Michael HAY
Adam HAY
Jacob UPP
*Jacob SPRINKLE
*Michael SPRINKLE, Jun.
John SPRINKLE
Peter SPRINKLE
Joseph BARNETT
John BARNETT

James BRYANT
Jacob BARNETT
Humphrey BARNET
William BARNETT
*Adam KIRKENDALL
Abner KYRKENDALL
Moses HARDEN
Archibald FRAM
John VENTNER
John WALKER
Christopher HARRIS
Isaac KELSEY

 

* Captured by Indians.

We the Subscribers Certify the above to be a true Statement.
Witness our hands this 19th Nov 1792.

(Signed)

Sam'l Bradley
Aaron Day
John Doritt
Thos Mason
John Slover

NOTE: The census was transcribed by the Kentucky State Historical Society in 1927.


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Compiled by Netta Mullin, HCH&GS
Copyright 2002