From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Boone County (KY) Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870
Boone County is located in northern Kentucky along the Ohio River, bordered by three Kentucky counties. Named for Daniel Boone, it was formed from Campbell County in 1798. The county seat is Burlington.In 1800, the county population was about 1,534: 1,194 whites, 325 enslaved, and 15 free coloreds, according to the Second Census of Kentucky. [See the Boone County, KY, website for additional information.] At the completion of the 1850 U.S. Federal Census, the population, excluding the slaved, was 9,165. Below are the figures for the slave owners, enslaved, free Blacks, and free Mulattoes from 1850-1870.
1850 Slave Schedule
- 194 slave owners
- 676 Black slaves
- 116 Mulatto slaves
- 36 free Blacks
- 1 free Mulatto
- 468 slave owners
- 1,256 Black slaves
- 489 Mulatto slaves
- 35 free Blacks
- 12 free Mulattoes
- 1,013 Blacks
- 207 Mulattoes
- About 20 U.S. Colored Troops gave Boone County, KY as their birth location.