Horsemen Who Lived in Pralltown (Lexington, KY)
(start date: 1880 - end date: 1940) It was the year 1868 when the first seven African Americans puchased land in Pralltown located in Lexington, KY. The community is bordered by Scott Street, Limestone Street, Prall Street, and the Kentucky Central Railroad tracks. Pralltown would continue to grow and among the neighbors were many horsemen who were also listed as farm laborers in the U.S. Census. The Pralltown residents are listed on pages 45-51 of the 1880 U.S. Census with 339 persons enumerated: 293 Blacks and Mulattoes, 46 Whites (Ancestry). Below are the names of many of the African American horsemen who lived in Pralltown between 1880 and 1940.AFRICAN AMERICAN HORSEMEN 1880-1940 WHO LIVED IN PRALLTOWN, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
|
NAME |
BIRTH YEAR |
JOB |
STREET NAME |
CENSUS RECORD |
|
Anderson, Charlie |
1893 |
Horse Rubber |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Anderson, Lewis |
|
Horse Trainer |
Montmullin |
1881 Lexington City Directory |
|
Anderson, Hughes |
1899 |
Exerciser |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Barber, Daniel |
1865 |
Horse Trainer |
Prall |
1900 |
|
Bean, Noah |
|
Horse Trainer |
Prall |
1930 |
|
Bradshaw, George |
1872 |
Horse Hand |
Prall |
1900 |
|
Bradshaw, Sa..? |
1855 |
Horse Trainer |
Colfax |
1900 |
|
Buckner, Frank Jr. |
1884 |
Jockey |
Prall |
1900 |
|
Burleson, Thornton |
1883 |
Groom |
Montmullin |
1940 |
|
Carpenter, William |
1870 |
Horse Rubber |
Colfax |
1920 |
|
Chinn, Joseph |
1880 |
Horse Rubber |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Chinn, Joe H. |
1884 |
Groom |
Prall |
1930 |
|
Clayborne, William |
1887 |
Horse Rubber |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Combs, Henry |
1863 |
Horse Trainer |
Montmullin |
1910 |
|
Combs, James H. |
1868 |
Horse Rubber |
Montmullin |
1900 |
|
Combs, Thomas |
1872 |
Horse Rubber |
Montmullin |
1900 |
|
Curtis, John |
1880 |
Stable Boy |
Colfax |
1900 |
|
Curtis, Willie |
1879 |
Stable Boy |
Colfax |
1900 |
|
Davis, Price |
1878 |
Jockey |
Montmullin |
1900 |
|
Davis, William M. |
1894 |
Groom |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Dawson, John |
1865 |
Horse Trainer |
Prall |
1900 |
|
English, Jesse |
1890 |
Exerciser |
Colfax |
1930 |
|
Evans, William |
1855 |
Horse Rubber |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Gray, James |
1882 |
Groom |
Montmullin |
1930 |
|
Hagans, George |
1878 |
Stable Boy |
Colfax |
1900 |
|
Hamilton, Moin? |
1887 |
Stable Boy |
Prall |
1900 |
|
Herndon, Joseph |
1863 |
Horse Rubber |
Prall |
1900 |
|
Herndon, Joseph |
1867 |
Groom |
Prall |
1920 |
|
Hooks, John |
1899 |
Exerciser |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Howard, Ed |
1860 |
Groom |
Prall |
1940 |
|
Howard, Robert |
1866 |
Horse Rubber |
Prall |
1920 |
|
Jonas, Josh |
1873 |
Horse Trainer |
Colfax |
1900 |
|
Jones, James |
1890 |
Horse Rubber |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Lee, Albert |
1866 |
Exerciser |
Colfax |
1920 |
|
Lewis, Edward |
1878 |
Horse Trainer |
Montmullin |
1900 |
|
Maston, Chester |
1899 |
Groom |
Montmullin |
1940 |
|
Matthews, …? |
1875 |
Horse Trainer |
Colfax |
1900 |
|
Montgomery, John J. |
1880 |
Horse Trainer |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Morton, Harry |
1859 |
Horse Rubber |
Prall |
1900 |
|
Mowgrath, William |
1868 |
Horse Rubber |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Nero, Elijah |
1881 |
Jockey |
Montmullin |
1900 |
|
Newman, David |
1881 |
Exerciser |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Palmer, John |
1862 |
Horse Rubber |
Prall |
1900 |
|
Palmer, James |
1894 |
Horse Rubber |
Prall |
1920 |
|
Powell, Arthur |
1900 |
Groom |
Prall |
1930 |
|
Powells, Robert |
1900 |
Groom |
Montmullin |
1940 |
|
Rogers, Thomas |
1874 |
Groom |
Prall |
1920 |
|
Scott, Henry Jr. |
1879 |
Horse Rubber |
Colfax |
1900 |
|
Skinner, Charlie |
1854 |
Horse Rubber |
Colfax |
1920 |
|
Smith, John H. |
1908 |
Groom |
Montmullin |
1930 |
|
Smith, John |
1904 |
Groom |
Montmullin |
1940 |
|
Stevenson, Dunlap |
1843 |
Horse Trainer |
Montmullin |
1900 |
|
Street, William |
1874 |
Horse Trainer |
Prall |
1900 |
|
Taylor, Isaac |
1891 |
Horse Rubber |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Taylor, Joseph |
1852 |
Horse Trainer |
Montmullin |
1910 |
|
Ulans, Howard |
1894 |
Groom |
Montmullin |
1930 |
|
Van Dyke, John |
1923 |
Groom |
Prall |
1940 |
|
Wells, Horace |
1885 |
Jockey |
Colfax |
1900 |
|
Wells, William |
1908 |
Groom |
Montmullin |
1930 |
|
White, James |
1891 |
Groom |
Montmullin |
1940 |
|
Whitney, Lem O. |
1900 |
Jockey |
Prall |
1920 |
|
Whitney, Robert |
1901 |
Jockey |
Prall |
1920 |
|
Williams, Frank |
1892 |
Groom |
Prall |
1930 |
|
Winchester, Harvey |
1873 |
Horse Rubber |
Montmullin |
1920 |
|
Winchester, Harvey |
1874 |
Groom |
Montmullin |
1940 |
|
Winchester, Harvey |
1880 |
Horseman |
Montmullin |
1930 |
|
Woodson, George |
1896 |
Horse Rubber |
Colfax |
1920 |
|
Woodson, William |
1868 |
Stable Boy |
Colfax |
1900 |
|
Woodson, William |
|
Horse Trainer |
Montmullin |
1909 Lexington City Directory |