Sherry, The lack of a "Race" column on the transcribed 1850 Harlan County Census is probably due to the lack of any "free persons of color" in the county at that time. Slaves had no citizenship. However, under the constitutional amendment establishing the census, slaves were to be counted as "three-fifths of a person" counting towards the number of congressmen permitted from each state. About the 1850 Harlan County Slave Schedule and Aley Ledford's six slaves. This is how I think they stacked up complexion-wise: Jack, the black patriarch, born about 1794 - was in the slave family of Sam and Sadie that accompanied Aley and Elizabeth to Harlan County from North Carolina. Sinclair, born about 1830 and George, the mulatto sons of Jack (their mother is not known). According to the book GENERATIONS, by John Egerton, Sinclair and his family are particularly described as ..."fair-skinned, could have passed for white." Another description of Sinclair was that "he was light-skinned and had long curly hair." The third mulatto is identified in the 1870 census. He is George, born about 1848, probably the son of George and Harriet who was born about 1814. Harriet was shown as black in the 1870 census, as was her daughter Patcey, born about 1840. The 1870 census also lists Eliza Ledford, age 22, black in the household of Daniel Garrett. Eliza was probably the nurse/attendant to Elizabeth, age 79, the blind wife of Aley Ledford. Elizabeth is shown in this household. ______________________________Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:06:05 -0500 From: "Sherry" <sheree606@alltel.net> To: KYHARLAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: 1850 Harlan County Census Can anyone tell me why the Race column has been eliminated on the transcribed 1850 Harlan County, Census? Also, on the 1850 Slave schedule Aley Ledford has 6 slaves. Three listed as Mulatto, Three listed as black. Can anyone identify those six slaves for me? Sincerely, Sherry ______________________________Date: 28 Nov 2005 12:28:44 -0700 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.