African Americans in the 1830 Census

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Page Three

1830 Census Data

Harrisburg, Page 2: African American Neighborhoods

Data and Documentation
Harrisburg data part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7	Statistics Source

Harrisburg, Part 3

Page	Head of Household	Slaves	Free Colored Persons (m) male (f) female
	(w) white fc (FPOC)		0-10	10-24	24-36	36-55	55-100	100+
62	Susanna Bellas			1f
65	Tobias Hendricks			1f		1m, 1f	1f
65	George Kelly				1f	1m	1m
65	Jenny Kelly			1m		1m, 1f
65	Denfanna Rowland			1f	1m
65	George Harris			2f	1m
65	Samuel Johnston (fc)		3m, 2f		1m, 1f
65	William Jones (fc)		1m, 2f	3f	1f	1m
65	Slippy Williams (fc)		1m, 3f	2f		1f
65	Samuel Williams (fc)			1m, 1f	1f	1m	2f
65	William Caldwell (fc)		1f	1m	1m, 1f
65	Anthony G??? (fc)		1m, 1f	1m, 2f	1m	1f
65	Frederick Zeiglers (fc)¹		2m	1m, 1f		1m
65	James Garlots (fc)		1f				1m, 1f
65	Peter Garlots (fc)			2f	1m		1m
65	Thomas Spence (fc)		1m, 1f	3m		1m, 1f
65	John L. Lee (fc)		1f	1m	1m, 1f
65	Vincent Williams (fc)²				1m, 1f
65	David Henning		1f			1m, 2f
65	George Green (fc)³		3m	1m, 1f		1m
65	Peter Sisco (fc)						1m
65	Horatio Brown (fc)		1f		1m, 1f	1m
	Total (22 households)	0	12m, 14f	10m, 17f	9m, 8f	10m, 7f	4m, 4f	0

Table 3 Notes

1. Frederick Zeiglers' household (page 65) also included one white female, age 30-40 years.
2. Vincent Williams' household (page 65) also included one white female, age 15-20 years.
3. George Green's household (page 65) also included one white female, age 40-50 years.

Harrisburg, Part 4

Page	Head of Household	Slaves	Free Colored Persons (m) male (f) female
	(w) white fc (FPOC)		0-10	10-24	24-36	36-55	55-100	100+
65	James Pople (fc)		1m, 1f	1m	1f	1m
65	David Bedford (fc)		2m, 2f		1m, 1f
65	John Dorsey (fc)			1f	1m
65	Mary Lister			1f
65	Edward Smith			2f	1m
66	Green E. Briggs			1f	1m
66	James Thompson (fc)		1m, 2f		1m, 1f
66	Halston Vashon (fc)		1m, 1f	2m, 1f	1m, 1f
66	Christian Cooley			1f	1m, 1f
66	Thomas Stevenson (fc)		1m, 2f		1m, 1f	1m
66	Robert Smith		1f		1m, 1f
66	John Battice (fc)		2m	3m	2f	1m
66	James Jones		1f		1m, 1f
66	Samuel Garlots (fc)				1m	1f
66	Daniel Garlots (fc)			2f		1m, 1f
66	Joseph Hartman (fc)		1m, 1f	2f		1f	1m
66	Bassi McCall			1f	1m
66	Mathias Dorsey (fc)¹		2m	1m, 2f		1m
66	John Burd (fc)		1m, 3f	1m, 1f	1m	1f
66	Edward Boston				1m, 1f
66	Sabra Harris (fc)		3m, 1f		1f
66	Lee Ward (fc)		1m	2m, 2f	1m
	Total (22 households)	0	16m, 15f	10m, 17f	15m, 12f	5m, 4f	1m	0

Table 4 Notes

1. Mathias Dorsey's household (page 66) also included one white female, age 30-40 years.

Harrisburg, Part 5

Page	Head of Household	Slaves	Free Colored Persons (m) male (f) female
	(w) white fc (FPOC)		0-10	10-24	24-36	36-55	55-100	100+
66	Lucretia Furman			1m	1f
66	James Biass (fc)		1m	1m	1f	1m
66	Thomas Watkins				1m, 1f	1m
66	Haretia Bennett (fc)			1f
66	Hannah William (fc)				1f
66	Grace Murray (fc)		1m	1f	1f	1m
66	Richard Anderson (fc)		1f	1m, 1f
66	Juda Richards (fc)				1f	1f
66	Edward Bennett (fc)		1f	1m	1f
67	Calhoun Bennett (fc)				1m, 1f
67	Samuel Butler (fc)		1m, 1f			1m, 1f
67	Sophia Prince (fc)						1f
67	Maria Butler (fc)		2f		1f
67	Caesar Nathan (fc)		2m	1m	1f	1m
67	Sarah Jones (fc)					1f
67	Thomas Garrison (fc)			1f	1m
67	Catharine Yarlots¹		1f	1f
67	Perry Hooper (fc)		2m, 1f		1f	1m
67	Michael Nichlas (fc)			1f	1m	1f	1m
67	James Dove		1m	1m	1f
67	Jacob Molson (fc)			1m, 1f
67	Elizabeth Molson (fc)			1f			1f
	Total (22 households)	0	8m, 7f	7m, 8f	4m, 12f	6m, 4f	1m, 2f	0

Table 5 Notes

1. Catharine Yarlot's household (page 67) also included one white female, age 30-40 years; one white female age 15-20 years, and two white females less than five years old.

Harrisburg, Part 6

Page	Head of Household	Slaves	Free Colored Persons (m) male (f) female
	(w) white fc (FPOC)		0-10	10-24	24-36	36-55	55-100	100+
67	Stephen Steward (fc)		2m, 2f	1m	1f	1m
67	Catharine Stansberg				1m	1m
67	Edward Thompson (fc)		1m		1f	1m
67	Nancy Littles (fc)					1f
67	Peter Harper (fc)		2m			1m, 1f
67	Diana Miller (fc)		1f	1f			1f
67	William Davis (fc)		2m	1m	1m, 1f
67	John Thomas (fc)		5m	1f	1m	1f
67	George Chester (fc)		1m, 1f	1m, 1f	1f	1m, 1f
67	James Shults (fc)		1m, 1f	1f	1m
67	William Tillotson				1m, 1f
	John Milbourn¹			1f	1m	1f
	Benjamin Stewart²			1f	1f	1m
68	Isaac Davis (fc)			1m, 1f		1m, 1f
68	Samuel Bell				1f	1m
68	Eliza Hutchinson				1f	1m
68	Ezekial Carter (fc)³			1m, 1f			1m
68	William Lean				1m	1f
68	William Robbison			1f	1m
68	Jacob Walters				1m, 1f
68	Richard Bisler (fc)		1m, 1f		2m	1f		1m
68	Abraham Griffy (fc)		1f	1f		1f	1m
	Total (22 households)	0	15m, 7f	5m, 10f	11m, 9f	9m, 9f	2m, 1f	1m

Table 6 Notes

1. The entries for John Milbourn and Benjamin Stewart were recorded out of order.
2. Benjamin Stewart's household (no page number) also included one white female, age 15-20 years and one white female age 10-15 years.
3. Ezekial Carter's household (page 68) also included one white female, age 40-50 years. Carter was married on November 8, 1832 to Mary Wilson, of Harrisburg. The marriage was performed by Justice of the Peace Squire John Davies (Egle's Notes and Queries, XLV, page 367).

Harrisburg, Part 7

Page	Head of Household	Slaves	Free Colored Persons (m) male (f) female
	(w) white fc (FPOC)		0-10	10-24	24-36	36-55	55-100	100+
68	Philip Jones (fc)		2m, 1f	1m	1f	1m
68	Mary Walston (fc)			2m, 1f		1f
68	George Johnston (fc)		1f	2m		1m, 1f
68	Sarah Tascow (fc)			1m, 1f		1f
68	Joseph Pease			1m	1f
68	William Griffy (fc)¹				1m
68	Peregrine Caines (fc)		1m, 1f	1f	1m, 1f
68	Samuel Caines²
68	Samuel Green (fc)		1m	2f	3m, 1f		1f
68	Jane Johnston (fc)		2f	1m, 2f	5m, 1f
68	George B???ves (fc)		1m, 2f	1f	1m	1f
68	Robert Carr (fc)						1m
68	Charles Wiley (fc)						1m
68	Robert Smith (fc)					1m
68	Matthew Wilson (fc)³					1f
68	Mary Parker (fc)				1f
68	Margaret Hall (fc)			1f
72	Derick Poor (fc)		1f			1f	1m
72	Abraham Moore (fc)		1f			1f	1m
	Total (19 households)	0	5m, 9f	8m, 9f	11m, 6f	3m, 7f	4m, 1f	0

Table 7 Notes

1. William Griffy's household (page 68) also included one white female, age 40-50 years.
2. There were no slash marks to indicate persons enumerated in Samuel Caines' household..
3. There were no males enumerated in the household of Matthew Wilson (page 68), unless this is intended as an addendum to the entry for Matthew Wilson's household on page 53.

Statistics

Number of African American households: 107
Total number of African Americans enumerated in those households: 391 (192 male, 199 female)
Distribution by census age category: 0-10: 108 (56 male, 52 female); 10-24: 101 (40 male, 61 female); 24-36: 97 (50 male, 47 female); 36-55: 64 (33 male, 31 female); 55-100: 20 (12 male, 8 female); 100 and older: 1 male.

Notes

The great majority of African American households in Harrisburg were enumerated together, on pages 65-68. This seems to confirm the presence of one or more distinct African American neighborhoods in Harrisburg at this time. The largest and oldest, in 1830, was probably the neighborhood known as Judy's Town, at Third and Chestnut Streets.

Source

Population Schedules of the Fifth Census of the United States: 1830. Pennsylvania, Dauphin County. Microfilm in the Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA.

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