THE BLACK POPULATION OF MONMOUTH COUNTY FROM THE CENSUS RECORDS, 1726-1830 |
Compiled in: |
The Blacks Of Monmouth County: A Bicentennial Tribute by Lenora Walker McKay 1976 |
1726 MONMOUTH COUNTY (no towns listed) |
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| Males 16 years of age and over: | 170 |
| Females’ 16 years of age and over: | 90 |
| Males under 16 years of age: | 88 |
| Females under 16 years of age: | 85 |
| Total: | 433 |
1737 MONMOUTH COUNTY (no towns listed) |
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| Males 16 years of age and over: | 233 |
| Females’ 16 years of age and over: | 152 |
| Males under 16 years of age: | 129 |
| Females under 16 years of age: | 141 |
| Total: | 655 |
1745 MONMOUTH COUNTY (no towns listed) |
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| Males | 513 |
| Females | 386 |
| Total: | 899 |
| 1830 | |||
| Named as Free | |||
| Charles Johnson – age 36-55 And female - age 24-36 | |||
| Dick – Negro - 2 males, 1 female | |||
| Jonathan Riley - 3 males, 2 females | |||
| Anthony Still - 3 males, 2 females | |||
| Charles Still - 2 males, 1 female | |||
| Not named: Free in Family | |||
| Anderson -1 male | |||
| Elner - 4 male, 3 female | |||
| Irons - 1 male | |||
| Narcross - 1 slave | |||
| Paige - 2 females | |||
| Rodgers - 1 male, 1 female | |||
| Still - 2 males, 2 females | |||
| Richard Stout - 2 females | |||
| White - 1 male | |||
| Wilbur -1 male | |||
| Williams -1 male | |||
| TOWN: Howell – No Blacks Listed | |||
| TOWN: Freehold | |||
| Paris Anderson | Sam Conover | ||
| Yaff Conover | Sylus Conover | ||
| Charles Baird | Isabella Davis | ||
| Thomas Barcalow | Syvie Denice | ||
| Henry Benham | Sam Dowlan | ||
| David Berrian | Clarvy Hankinson | ||
| Cain Clay | Ralph Hervel | ||
| Abraham Craig | Lewis Holmes | ||
| John Clayton | Sylus Holmes | ||
| Cuff Conover | Jacob Jones | ||
| Joe Conover | James Jones | ||
| Freehold: Free men and women | |||
| James Johnston | Elizabeth Schenck | ||
| Lewis Johnston | Jack Schenck | ||
| Melia Johnston | Titus Schenck | ||
| Stephen Johnston | Benjamin Smock | ||
| James Lamock | Sline Statenborough | ||
| Harry Leonard | Jeb Vanderveer | ||
| Season Logan | Jack Van Mater | ||
| Lon Longstreet-wife | Samuel Van Mater | ||
| Sylus Minne | Adam Wickoff | ||
| Adam Morocco | Dan Woolley | ||
| Freehold: Black Families | |||
| Parris Anderson 7 | Abraham Craig 5 | Melie Johnson 2 | James Schenck 7 |
| Charles Baird 7 | Isabella Davis 4 | Lewis Johnston 5 | Titus Schenck 1 |
| Thomas Barcalow 1 | Sylus Denice 5 | Stephan Johnston 4 | Bey Smock 2 |
| Henry Benham 8 | Sam Dolen 3 | Harry Leonard 5 | James Smock 6 |
| Cain Clay 4 | Sam Fielder 5 | Season Logan 5 | Stine Statenborough 2 |
| Cuff Conover 3 | Gary Hankinson 2 | Lon Longstreet- wife 5 | Jeb Vanderveer 10 |
| Cuff Conover 6 | Jacob Holmes | Sylus Minne 2 | Wm. Van Horn 6 |
| Joe Conover 2 | Lewis Holmes 2 | Adam Moricio 5 | Jack Van Mater 3 |
| Sam Conover 2 | Sylus Holmes 3 | Ralph Newel 2 | Sam Van Mater 4 |
| Sylus Conover 5 | Stephan Jones 5 | Ann Schenck- wife 6 | 6 Jean Woolley 5 |
| Yaff Conover 2 | James Johnson 3 | Jack Schenck 3 | Adam Wykoff 5 |
| Male Slaves: 39 | |||
| Female Slaves: 64 | |||
| Free Males: 267 | |||
| Free Females: 244 | |||
| Middletown: Colored Persons Head of Families | |||
| York Applegate 5 | Samuel Frost 8 | Julia Kerney 6 | Thomas Stillwell 8 |
| Prince Belasbe 3 | Joseph Grant 2 | Letty 5 | Lewis Vancleaf 6 |
| Catherine Bennet 5 | Stacey Griffin 4 | Samuel Lewis 8 | Joseph Vorhis 6 |
| Robert Bolls 4 | Juda Holmes 1 | Wm. Lewis 6 | Henry Walters 5 |
| Robert Brown 4 | Henry Henry 5 | Thomas Loyd 6 | Olover Walters 5 |
| Robert Denice 5 | James Henry 9 | Charles Ludlow 5 | Daniel West 6 |
| Daniel Dick 7 | Sip Hoff 5 | Samuel Richardson 8 | William West 11 |
| Wm. Dick 7 | Charles Holmes 4 | Joseph Rieves 5 | Rachel Wilson 4 |
| George Dickeson 4 | Hannah Holmes 3 | James Schenck 5 | Moses Yarrow 8 |
| Samuel Drum 1 | Herculous Holmes 3 | Joseph Schenck 4 | Aaron Whales 2 |
| Catherine Emmons 3 | Isaac Holmes 4 | Robbin Schenck 7 | |
| Olover Erim 9 | Jones Holmes 6 | Samuel Schenck 5 | |
| Philip Frost 3 | Abraham Jemesen 2 | George South 2 | |
| Shrewsbury: Free Head of Family | |||
| Edward Berry 10 | Sam Dwight 7 | Gilbert Peterson 6 | Judy Richardson 7 |
| John Berry 6 | John Hazard 6 | Abagail Polhemus 5 | Wm. A. Richardson 3 |
| Wm. Berry 4 | Eliza Heard 5 | Anthony Reed 3 | Robert Slocum 3 |
| Abraham Bowles 6 | Stephen Hendrickson 6 | Thomas Reavine 2 | Anthony Sylvestor 4 |
| Thomas Black 6 | Sam Holmes 5 | Benjamin Reevy 9 | Jacob Sylvestor 4 |
| John Brake 3 | Robert Jemmisson 10 | Joseph Reevy 3 | Elizabeth Taylor 6 |
| Jacob Brown 4 | Robert Jobs 8 | Thomas Reevy 6 | Thomas Valentine 6 |
| Julianiner Brown 5 | Andrew Johnson 6 | Morris Riley 7 | Benjamin Van Brunt 3 |
| David Card | Wm. Jones 5 | Peter Rock 8 | Delourah Williams 5 |
| Lewis Coy 5 | Joseph Keany 4 | Wm. Reevy 6 | Oliver Query 4 |
| Wm. Craft 4 | Sam Keany 3 | Wm. Reevy 7 | |
| Amelia Cornwell 4 | 6 Lester Legrant 9 | Ann Richardson 5 | |
| Abraham Dean 6 | Jack Levison 6 | Joseph Richardson 4 | |
| Abagail Dwight 6 | Peter Meany 4 | Joseph Richardson 6 | |
| Upper Freehold | |||
| Male Slaves: 5 | |||
| Female Slaves:11 | |||
| Free males: 222 | |||
| Free Females: 208 | |||
| John Ando 2 | Aaron Cole 7 | Nead Conover 6 | Cornelius Dillon 2 |
| John Binn 3 | Abner Cole 7 | Aaron Coward 8 | George Dillon 2 |
| Ann Binn 3 | Samuel Cole 3 | Charles Coward 5 | George Jr. Dillon 8 |
| Henry Biles 5 | Sam Congo 8 | Jack’s widow 2 | James Dillon 7 |
| Cadar Borce(Bodice) 4 | Stacy Congo 3 | Aaron Dillon 8 | |
| Peter Closen 3 | George Conover 6 | Cornelius Sr. Dillon 8 | |
| Upper Freehold: Slave Holders | |||
| Garret Morford | |||
| Edmund Throckmorton | |||
| James Throckmorton | |||
| W.L. or L. Wm. Stoutenborough | |||
| Sarah Taylor | |||
| Joseph Van Mater 24 Slaves counted | |||
| Some Free Black Families Counted in White Households. | |||