Slaves of Lucius Desha of Harrison County, Kentucky

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Harrison, Kentucky, United States
Surnames/tags: Black Heritage Slavery

An account of slaves held by the Desha family in an effort to identify and connect them to the world tree

1850 (note: very faded and some illegible text) ^[1]

Name	Relation	Sex	Age	Race
Lucius Desha	Owner
	Slave	F	65	Black
	Slave	M	61	Black
	Slave	M	32	Black
	Slave	M	34	Mulatto
	Slave	M	28	Mulatto
	Slave	illegible
	Slave	M	24	Black
	Slave	illegible
	Slave	F	28	Black
	Slave	F	25	Black
	Slave	F	18	Mulatto
	Slave	F	18	Black
	Slave	M	16
possibly Emily	Slave	illegible	[~15]
	Slave	M	14	Mulatto
	Slave	F	7
	Slave	illegible
	Slave	M	3
	Slave	F	8	Black
	Slave	F	2	Mulatto
	Slave	M	7	Black
	Slave	F		Black
	Slave	M	3	Black
	Slave	M	7	Black
	Slave	M	8	Black
	Slave	M	7	Black
	Slave	F	2	Mulatto

1860^[2]

Name	Sex	Age
Lucius Desha
	F	55
	M	45
	M	40
	M	30
	F	35
	F	35
	F	35
	F	30
	M	24
possibly Emily	F	24
	M	24
	M	18
	F	18
	M	18
	M	18
	M	16
	F	18
	M	14
	M	14
	F	13
	M	12
	M	8
	M	8
possibly Margaret	F	8
	F	6
	F	4
	M	4
	M	4
	F	2
	F	3
	M	2
	M	1
	M	0 days

Sources

1. ↑ Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 1; Digital film/folder number: 004192515; FHL microfilm: 442993; Record number: 14011; Packet letter: A
   FamilySearch Record: MVZS-WTK (accessed 5 February 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-631T-43 Image number 00184
   Unknown, 65, in 1850 in Harrison, Kentucky, United States.
2. ↑ Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   citing Page: 17; Line: 25; Digital film/folder number: 005169985; FHL microfilm: 000803403; Image number: 264
   FamilySearch Record: WKK5-ZQW2 (accessed 5 February 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9B9V-WG1
   Lucius Desha, slave owner, in 1860 in Harrison, Kentucky, United States.