From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Allen County (KY) Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1920
Allen County, located in south-central Kentucky, was formed in 1815 from parts of Barren and Warren Counties. The county is named for Colonel John Allen; the county seat, Scottsville, is named for Kentucky Governor Charles Scott.Allen County is one of the Kentucky locations that experienced the oil booms of 1850, 1890, and 1915-1920. Below are the numbers of slave owners, enslaved, free Blacks and free Mulattoes listed in the U.S. Federal Census for Allen County for the period during the oil booms.
1850 Slave Schedule
- 179 slave owners
- 795 Black slaves
- 102 Mulatto slaves
- 25 free Blacks
- 18 free Mulattoes
- 314 slave owners
- 1,246 Black slaves
- 283 Mulatto slaves
- 27 free Blacks
- 10 free Mulattoes
1870 Federal Census
- 806 Blacks
- 199 Mulattoes
- About 55 U.S. Colored Troops listed Allen County, KY as their birth location.
- 718 Blacks
- 175 Mulattoes
- 1,100 Blacks
- 3 Mulattoes
- 634 Blacks
- 143 Mulattoes
- There were about 46 draft registration cards by Blacks and one Colored in Allen County, KY.