My quest to document the Howard family today began with a great find. I have two pages of the 1850 census that include William Howard, a son of Letty Durham and Thomas Howard and six of his sons.

Since this research is focused on the Howards, I will catch up with the wives at a later date. It is also likely that his married daughters are living nearby, I will look for them in the future.

The citation:

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRLG-R8?cc=1401638&wc=95R3-79N%3A1031325101%2C1032889301%2C1032889302 : 9 April 2016), Kentucky > Breathitt > Breathitt county, part of > images 20 and 21 of 89; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

The households, in the order they appear in the census:

The (blank) designation shows that the original was left blank in the census.

page 20
20 August 1850
Household 138, Family 138
Lines 32-38

1) Samuel Howard, age 25, male, white (blank), farmer, real estate value $300, born Kentucky.
2) Ann Howard, age 27, female, white (blank), born Kentucky.
3) Sally Howard, age 7, female, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).
4) John Howard, age 5, male, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).
5) Calvin Howard, age 3, male, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).
6) (blank?)  Howard, age 1, male, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).

pages 20-21

20 August 1850

Household 139, Family 139

Lines 39-42, 1

1) William Howard, age 67, male, white (blank), farmer, real estate value $1000, born Virginia.

2) Polly Howard, age 50, female, white (blank), born Virginia.

3) John Howard, age 24, male, white (blank), born Kentucky.

4) Riley Howard, age 20, male, white (blank), farmer, born Kentucky.

5) Andrew Howard, age 18, male, white (blank), farmer, value of real estate $000, born Kentucky.

page 21

20 August 1850

Household 141, Family 141

Lines 7-14 

1) Ben Howard, age 34, male, white (blank), farmer, real estate value $500, born Kentucky.

2) Nancy Howard, age 30, female, white (blank), born Virginia.

3) Rhoda Howard, age 15, female, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).

4) Nathan howard, age 12, male, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).

5) Martin Howard, age 10, male, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).

6) Lucinda Howard, age 8, female, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).

7) Eliza Howard, age 6, female, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).

8) Larkin Howard Howard, age 3, male, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).

page 21

20 August 1850

Household 143, Family 143

Lines 7-14 

1) George Howard, age 20, male, white (blank), farmer, real estate value $400, born Kentucky (blank).

2) Betsy Howard, age 20, female, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).

3) Wilson Howard, age 2, male, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).

4) Polly Howard, age 10/12, female, white (blank), born Kentucky (blank).

A lucky find included the 1820 census for Archibald Prater, another Kentucky ancestor.

I enter pre-1850 census data on a great resource called Censusmate. Archibald's census entry includes a young slave and the original Censusmate sheet does not include the slave data, so I had to edit the sheet.

The sheet includes some 1810 census data as well, but I am not yet sure it is his family.

The original Excel worksheets by John L. Haynes can be found here: http://www.censusmate.com/

I don't use Excel anymore, but the sheet translates into Google Sheets with no problems.

Archibald Prater Censusmate page

I have very sketchy data on birthdates for this family, so until I find more information this data is very preiminary.

Floyd County, Kentucky

Page 1

23 February 1820

Line 2

Archibald Prater household

1) Free white males under 10: 1;

 free white maes 10-15: 0; 

free white males 16-18: 0; 

free white males 16-26: 1; 

free white males 26-44: 0; 

free white males over 45: 1; 

free white females under 10: 0;

free white females under 16: 2; 

free white females 16-26: 0; 

free white females 26-44: 0; 

free white females 45 and over: 1; 

foreigners not naturalized: 0; 

engaged in agriculture: 1 or 2 (unclear); 

engaged in commerce: 0; 

engaged in manufacture: 0; 

male slaves under 14: 0; 

male slaves 14-25: 0; 

males slaves 26-44: 0; 

male slaves 45 and over: 0; 

female slaves under 14: 1; 

female slaves 14-25: 0; 

females slaves 26-44: 0; 

female slaves 45 and over: 0.

FamilySearch Citation

"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHLN-RBK : accessed 7 February 2018), Archibald Prator, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 186,182.