1818 Census of Crawford County Illinois

Crawford County, Illinois
Genealogy and History

1818 Census of Crawford County

Transcribed by Kim Torp

Source: Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, Vol. XXIV, Statistical Series, Volume II, Springfield, 1935

The original census was listed in this particular book in alphabetical order by the FIRST name. I have sorted it based on alphabetical order of the LAST name, but you can tell what order the individual was originally listed in this book by the number in the first column.. In the book, the first column is titled "Date of receiving list" and a number assigned to that person (which were all in order starting with 1 and ending with 518). Some of the entries had dates noted, (which I assume to be the date the census return was received), but most did not. I have left them out since it is difficult to tell which date belongs to which individual. Its value is limited anyway, since all of the dates ranged from April 6, 1818 to May 11, 1818 in the "original" census and from July 10, 1818 to July 22, 1818 in the "additional" census. The author of this book made notations on which of these individuals could also be found in the (1) Federal Census for 1820, (2) the 1820 State Census for Clark County and (3) the 1820 State Census for Crawford County. It was just way too confusing to try and decipher the author's little symbols since most folks had more than one symbol noted, so I have left that out also. Hopefully, we will one day have the transcriptions of those various censuses online and you can check them for yourself. Names are typed exactly as they are in the book.... many of which appear to be phonetic spellings, so make sure to check all the possible variations.

In 1818, "Crawford county" consisted of a good portion of Illinois, stretching all the way from the northern counties, including Cook county, all the way down to current Clay, Marion, Richland and Lawrence counties.

[# on original list]	Names of Heads of Families		Free white males 21 yrs & upwards	All other White Inhabitants	Free people of colour	Servants or slaves
77	Eli	Adams	1
350	William	Adams	1	11
187	John R.	Addams	1
186	Joseph A.	Addams	1
410	William	Akify	1	4
57	Daniel	Alison	1	2
81	Edward	Alison	1
92	Frederick	Alison	1	6
170	Isaac	Alison	1	2
192	Isaac	Alison	1	10
189	Johnathan	Alison	2	6
191	Joseph	Alison	1	7
281	Richard	Alison	1	4
295	Samuel	Alison	1	2
305	Samuel	Alison, Junr.	1	1
364	Ezekel	Anderson			4
105	George	Anderson			4
467	James	Anderson	1	4
174	Joseph	Anderson			3
433	Muryan	Anderson	4	8
291	Susanna	Anderson			1
320	Thomas	Anderson	2	7
468	Wm.	Anderson	1	4
47	Charles K.	Archer	1	2
361	William B.	Archer	1	1
366	Zachariah	Archer	1	7
474	John	Asbel	1	2
475	Saml	Asbel	1	4
459	John	Ashbroock		4
188	John	Ashbrook	2	4
13	Amos	Ashmore	1	8
119	Hesakiah	Ashmore	1	2
216	James	Ashmore	1
308	Samuel	Ashmore	1	8
87	Eliga	Auston	1	9
214	John	Baker	1	5
465	Wm	Baker	1	8
19	Aaron	Ball	1	5
421	Risen	Ball	1	2
335	William	Barbee	1
140	John	Barlow	1	6
428	James	Bartlet	1	5
353	William	Basadon			1
306	Sinnet	Basye	1	6
104	George	Baugher	1	4
111	George	Bayth	2	10
251	Lewis	Bean	1	6
76	Elizabeth	Beard		5		5
63	Daniel	Beckwourth	1
109	George	Beckwourth	1
314	Samuel G.	Beckwourth	1
432	James B.	Bennet	1	5
436	Wm P.	Bennet	2	9
185	John	Berry	1	4
285	Remember	Blackmon	1	2
207	John	Blake	1	8
222	Jacob	Blaze	1	3
466	Wm	Blythe	1	2
404	Thomas	Boatright	1	6
3	Abram	Bogard	1	7
95	Frances	Boggs	2	6
411	Zachariah	Bolen	1	5
478	Hoga	Bolin	1	6
271	Peter	Boon	2	2
371	Wm	Bradburry	1	6
74	Elisha	Bradbury	1
101	George W.	Bratton	1	8
463	John	Brigman	1	4
155	Isaac	Brimberry	1	10
292	Samuel	Brimberry	1	3
61	Daniel	Brite	1	6
469	John	Brockelbank	1	5
17	Aloscous	Brown	1	3
264	Nathaniel	Brown	1
437	William	Brown	1	5
171	James	Bryans	1	5
121	Henry	Buckner	1
203	James	Butler			7
126	Jonas	Butterfield	[no data given]
7	Abram.	Cairnes	1	9
49	David	Caldwell	1	1
142	James	Caldwell	1	8
22	Abraham	Camp			9
374	Abram	Camp			9
290	SBA	Carter	2	5
99	George W.	Catron	1	3
151	John	Chandler	1
444	Benjamin	Chardy	1	6
129	Joel	Cheek	1	2
210	John	Chenowith	2	4
347	William D.	Cilbern ²	1
78	Eady	Coal			3
488	Allen	Cobb	1	8
12	Anthony	Cocks	1	5
215	James	Cocks	1	1
223	James	Cocks	1	4
505	Saml	Commons	2	5
226	James	Conaway	1	7
10	Abram	Coonrod	2	6
60	Daniel	Cornel	1	2
123	Heli	Cornel	1	5
134	John	Cowan	2	3
427	Eterea	Creker		8
136	John	Crews	1	7
452	Coonrad	Criles	1	7
451	Geo.	Criles	1	4
85	Elisha	Crocker	1
283	Rubin	Crow	2	6
420	William	Crow	1	2
68	Edward N.	Cullom	1	10
91	Francis	Cullom	1	1
390	Wm	Cullom	1
103	George	Daugherty	1
88	Enoch	Davis	1	4
181	James	Deal	1
513	John	Decant	2	11
53	Daniel	Delap	1	7
252	Lemuel	Derrence	1
227	James	Dolson	1	9
157	John	Dopher	1
429	Moses	Dotston	1	14
296	Samuel	Drake	1	3
46	Chalkley	Draper	1	9
73	Elias	Driskell	1	4
201	Jane	Dubois	1	4		6
307	Sharlow	Dubois	1	1
184	John	Dunlap	1	7
211	Joseph	Dunlap	1	5
321	Thomas	Dunlap	1	2
339	William	Dunlap	1	2

# on original list	Names of Heads of Families		Free white males 21 yrs & upwards	All other White Inhabitants	Free people of colour	Servants or slaves
275	Richard	Easton	2	10
26	Benjamin	Eaton	1	6
139	John	Eaton	1	2
166	Joseph	Eaton	1	3
276	Richard	Eaton	1	7
387	Solomon	Eaton	1	5
294	Stephen	Eaton	1	4
392	Benjamin	Eaton, Junr.	1
269	Peter	Edilene	1	2
396	Philip	Edwards	2	11
232	John	Esry	1	4
516	Peter	Eutors	3	9
407	John	Evens	1	6
342	William	Evermon	1	9
36	Benjamin	Evins	1	13
96	George	Farr			1
375	George	Farr			1
35	Benjamin	Feeles	1	9
405	Joseph	Festler	1	3
464	Thomas	Fiffe	1	9
39	Chester	Fitch	5	4
430	Elisha	Fitch	3	12
177	Joshua	Flinn	1
329	Thomas	Flinn	1	5
340	William	Flipper	1	5
393	Wm	Florough	1
293	Samuel	Freemon	1
50	Daniel	Funk	1	4
100	Gabril	Funk	1	4
259	Martin	Funk	1
156	John	Funk, Senr.	1	5
448	Adam	Galegar	1	5
500	Saml	Galeworth	2	6
163	Isaac	Galland	1	2
498	James	Gambert	3	7
204	Jacob	Garner	1	4
162	Jacob	Garrard, Junr.	1	5
299	Samuel	Gastin	1	8
343	William	Gerrard	1	1
344	William	Gerrard, Senr.	1	2
197	Joshua	Gilferd	1	5
138	John	Gill	1	4
273	Robert	Gill	1	1
325	Thomas	Gill	1	7
143	James	Gillaspy	1	3
198	James	Gipson	1	3
424	Bernard	Goff	1	6
425	David	Goff	1	4
182	Isaac	Goin	1
249	Lewis	Goin	1
79	Edward	Goins			2
173	Isaac	Goins			8
194	John	Goliher	1	6
199	John	Goliher, Junr.	1	1
253	Lewis	Goodin	1	2
65	David	Goss	1	5
472	Jonathan A.	Goss	1	2
14	Aaron	Guyer	1	1
15	Axim	Guyer	1
221	Jesse	Guyer	1	6
176	Jobe	Haden	2	7
236	John	Handy	1	4
313	Stephen	Handy	1	3
377	Jehu	Harden	1	2
326	Thomas	Harden	1	5
311	Silus	Harlin	1	1
245	Jobe	Harnis	1
240	Isral	Harris	1	5
289	Samuel	Harris	1	4		7
120	Henry	Harrison	1	8
267	Otious M.	Hart	1	1
2	Ashers	Haskin	1	6
274	Robert	Haskin	1	1
367	Zachaus	Hastel	1	4
255	Marthy	Hatton		4
357	William	Hays	1
86	Esir	Heacock	1	4
72	Edmond	Hearn	1	3
258	Mary	Hearn		7
118	Hew	Henderson	1	9
282	Robert	Henderson	2	9
386	Samuel	Henry	1	10
499	Aleson	Henton	1	9
337	William	Hern	1	3
355	William	Hesmith	1
25	Boils	Hew	1
440	Chas	Hill	1	4
59	Doctor	Hill	1	3
206	John	Hill	1	8
442	John	Hill	1	8
280	Richard	Hismith	1	4
345	William	Hix	1	9
395	Adam	Hogeboome	1
64	David	Hogue	1	7
128	Jeremiah	Hogue	1	3
360	William	Hogue	1	6
250	Laurence	Holanback	1	10
284	Robert	Holedy	1	1
413	William	Holly	1	4
363	William	Houston	1	8
352	William	Howard	1	8
456	William	Howard	2	8
446	Adam	Huff	1	6
426	James	Hungerford	1	3
256	M. Corpen T.	Hutson	1	4
1	Alexander	Hutton	1	8

# on original list	Names of Heads of Families		Free white males 21 yrs & upwards	All other White Inhabitants	Free people of colour	Servants or slaves
450	John	Jackson	1	4
458	John	Jeffers	1	7
408	Ralph	Jeffers	1	8
286	Robert	Jerdon	1	1
309	Samuel	Jimerson	1	2
490	James	John	1	7
491	Saml	John	1	9
457	Henry	Johnson	3	1
409	James	Johnson	1	7
477	James	Johnson	1	6
473	John	Johnson	1	8
476	John	Johnson, Junr.	2	9
23	Abraham	Jones			1
511	Abraham	Jones	3	9
373	Abram	Jones			1
394	Abram	Jones			1
21	Arthur	Jones			1
369	Elizabeth	Jones			3
80	Enoch	Jones			1
512	John	Jones	1	7
148	Joseph P.	Jones	1
391	Lewis	Jones	1
263	Mary	Jones			1
368	Mary	Jones			1
322	Thomas	Jones	1	8
113	Henry	Jonson	1
115	Henry	Jonson	1	8
58	Daniel	Kaykedall	1	2
270	Peter	Kaykendall	1	3
319	Thomas	Kenady	1	7
403	Saml	King		3
300	Sith	King	1	6
98	George W.	Kinkade	1	4
382	Joseph	Kitchell	1	7
383	Nancy	Kitchell	2	2
385	James	Knight	4	5
5	Adam	Lackey	1	6
32	Barbary	Lacy		5
454	Isaac	Lamasters	1	3
127	John	Lamb	1	5
196	Joseph	Lamotte	1	1
62	Daniel	Lane	1	3
304	Samuel	Lanear	1	6
169	Jacob	Laplont	1	7
83	Eliga	Larnsfer	1	9
485	James	Lasters	1	3
248	Lewis	Lavelit	3	8
116	Henry	Laymountain	1
482	Stephen	Lee	1	2
362	William	Lee	1
266	Niholass	Leming	1
298	Samuel	Lemmons	1	6
415	Newel	Leonard	2	4
358	William	Lewis	1	2
315	Samuel	Lindly	2	5
338	William	Lockard	1	8
217	Jacob	Long	1	4
312	Simon	Lotrip	1
218	James M.	Love	1	4
146	Jesse	Low	1	1
318	Thomas	Low	1	2
190	John	Luster	1	9
231	[James] ¹	M’Cabe	1	6
230	John	M’Clewer	1	8
132	John	Malcom	1	2
354	William	Man	1	8
257	Marvel	Marcom	1	10
94	Frederick	Markley	2	4
52	Daniel	Martin	1	6
149	James	Martin	1	1
167	James	Martin	2	9
159	John	Martin	1	6
316	Samuel	Martin	1	5
29	Bennit	Mason	1	1
31	Baldon	Mattet	1
34	Benjamin	Matthew	1	3
183	John	Matthew	2	4
389	Barnabas	Mavern	1	1
220	Johnathan	Mayo	2	1
327	Thomas	MCall	1
435	John L.	McCoullough	1	3
422	Moses	McCrane	1	3
144	James	McDaniel	1	3
416	James	McDaniel	1	6
272	Robert	McDowl	2	5
51	David	MCgahey	1	7
229	James	McGerth	2	6
8	Andrew	MClewer	1	5
301	Samuel	MClewer	2	1
302	Samuel	Mclewer, Junr.	1
6	Andrew	McMahhan	1	2
486	Elijah	McNilley	1	3
33	Benjamin	MCrary	1	3
445	James	Meed	1	8
341	William	Merkel	1
502	Zachariah	Mesmore	1	3
28	Benoni	Middleton	1	9
82	Edward	Mill	1	2
397	David	Miller	1
401	George	Miller	1	8
122	Hew	Miller	2	4
356	William	Miller	1	9
45	Charles	Mills	1	4
141	John W.	Mills	1	4
330	Thomas	Mills	1	2
418	James C.	Mitchel	5	3
20	Andrew	Montgomery	1	9
287	Robert	Montgomery	1	4
102	George	Moor	1
228	Isaac	Moor	2	6
242	James	Moor	1	3
205	John	Moor	1	7
503	Thomas	Morehead	3	8
297	Sian	Moris			5
200	Jerremiah	Morreson	1	4
154	Jacob	Morris	2	10
175	John	Morris			3
168	John	Morris [?]	1
71	Esaw	Morrison	1	1
38	Cristopher	Morrs	1	7
359	William	Mulley	1	3
108	Gabril	Murfy	1	4
508	James	Murphy	3	5

# on original list	Names of Heads of Families		Free white males 21 yrs & upwards	All other White Inhabitants	Free people of colour	Servants or slaves
241	John	Nealy	2	7
262	Matthew	Nealy	1	1
41	Charles	Neely	1	9
441	James	Newlin	1	6
443	John	Newlin, Junr.	1	3
439	John	Newton	1	5
277	Rubin	Norton	1	5
447	James	Obannon	1	3
225	Joseph	Oins	1	6
487	James	Only	1	10
152	James	Overstreet	1	2
164	Jesse	Page	1	4
114	Henry B.	Palmer	2	9		2
494	John	Pamberson	1	7
30	Benjamin	Parker	1	6
489	Benjamin	Parker	3	8
55	Daniel	Parker	1	9
107	George	Parker	1	6
235	Isaac	Parker	1	2
234	James	Parker	1	2
165	John	Parker	2	5
233	Joseph	Parker	1
351	William	Parker	1	3
323	Thomas	Patton	1	2
93	Francis	Pealo	3	4
431	Moses	Pee	2	6
150	Joseph	Pendlton	1
89	Ezekel	Perdew	1	7
414	Wm	Perkins	1	5
244	Johnathan	Persell	1
145	Joseph	Person	1	7
317	Samuel	Pery	4	13
106	George	Pharris	1	3
372	Ames	Phelps	1	4
24	Amos	Phelps	1	4
70	Edward H.	Piper	1
402	Braxton	Pollard	1	5
67	David	Porter	1	5
376	David	Porter			1
172	John	Porter			5
310	Samuel	Prevo	1	9
471	Frederick	Price	1	2
117	Henry	Price	1	4
268	Peter	Price	2	6
84	Edward	Purcell	1	7
455	Michael	Quin	1
462	Camon	Rathbourn	1	7
492	Saml	Rearch	2	8
379	David	Reavell	1	2
265	Nathan	Rellens	2	5
438	Andrew	Rhea	1	8
131	James	Rhea	1	5
193	John	Richardson	2	6
434	John B.	Richardson	1	8
224	Joseph	Richardson	3	6
243	John	Ridenour	1	4
303	Scot	Riggs	1	8
412	James	Right		3
161	John	Robins	1
178	Jerremiah	Robinson	1
460	John	Rollins	3	7
261	Michael	Rollins	1	2
346	William	Row	1	2
380	David	Ruby	1
37	Barnabas	Runnels	1	5
332	Thomas	Ryan	1	12
333	William	Ryan	1
237	John	Sackrider	1	4
147	Jefry	Salsbury	1	1
18	Anthony	Sanders	1	3
517	John	Shalor	2	6
506	Benja	Shanks	3	8
507	Elenor	Shanks		8
484	Michael	Shanks	1	7
515	Lewis	Shannon	2	3
514	Wm	Shannon	1	9
48	Cyrus	Sharp	1	8
133	James	Shaw	3	12
153	Joseph	Shaw	3	5
208	Joseph	Shaw	2	9
288	Smith	Shaw	1	8
202	John	Shelton			1
504	John	Shenks	2	7
400	Benjamin	Shook	1
449	Saml	Shoulders	1	7
112	Hall	Sims	1	4
110	George	Smith	1	8
453	John	Smith	5	6
11	Abram	Snider	1	9
238	John	Snipes	1	3
419	Cushing	Snow	1	8
90	Elezer	Spawling	1	1
461	Major	Spencer	1	3
179	James	Spensor	1
180	Jesse	Spensor	2	2
328	Thomas	Spensor	1
16	Axim	Spiqrey	1	5
44	Charles	St.	1
493	Saml	Stephens	2	5
483	David	Stewart	2	4
75	Elizabeth	Stockwell		8
125	John	Storey	1
495	Aaron	Stout	3	10
219	John	Struton	1	6
40	Charles	Sudevoit	1	6

# on original list	Names of Heads of Families		Free white males 21 yrs & upwards	All other White Inhabitants	Free people of colour	Servants or slaves
4	Abram	Taylor	1	5
42	Cornelious	Taylor	1	12
470	Cornelius	Taylor	9	11
213	Jacob	Taylor	1	7
212	James	Taylor	1	8
195	John	Taylor	1	1
9	Alexander	Terner	1	7
365	Ezekel	Terner	1	1
278	Robert	Terner	1	5
279	Ruth	Terner		7
388	Stephen	Terry	1
370	Wm	Thoves	1
56	Daniel	Travers	2	4
348	William	Travers	1	6
69	Etion	Tromley	1	5
497	Peter	Vangant	1	4
518	Aaron	Vanlenberg	3	10
43	Cornelious	Vanosdoll	1	4
378	Daniel	Vanwikle	1	6
54	David	Vanwinkle	2	10
160	John	Veach	1	7
137	John	Waldrop	1	3
336	William	Waldrop	1	9
130	John	Waldrop, Jr.	2	9
399	John	Waldrop, Sen	1
481	Abraham	Walters	1	3
480	Jacob	Walters	1	8
479	James	Walters	1	7
254	Lot	Watts	1	1
324	Thomas	Watts	1	6
209	John	Welch	1	2
239	Joseph	Wels	1	4
509	Aaron	Welton	2	5
510	John	Welton	2	4
97	George	Westnor	2	10
349	William	Westrope	1	7
158	John	White	1	2
496	John	Wiatt	2	7
66	Daniel	Wilard	1	6
423	John M.	William	1	8
260	Moses	Williams	1
124	Heli	Wils	1	4
27	Benjamin	Wilson	1
331	Thomas	Wilson	1	9
381	William	Wilson.	1	2
501	Jeremiah	Wires	2	9
135	Jonathan	Wood	1	3
417	William	Wood	1	8
384	Joseph	Wood, Junr.	1	4
246	Joseph	Wood, Senr.	1	2
398	John S.	Woodworth		2
247	John S.	Woodwourth	1	1
406	Thomas	Young	1	5
334	William	Young	1	3

1 = Name filled in from old copy in the Illinois Historical Survey
2 = Retouched by binder to read Dellbern. Probably originally William D. Cilbern.

Recapitulation of Census of 1818
Free white males 21 years and upwards: 422
All other white inhabitants: 1558
Free people of color: 78
Servants or slaves: 20
Total: 2078

Additional Census:
Free white males 21 years and upwards: 179
All other whites: 698
Total: 877
Grand total: 2955

Source: Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, Vol. XXIV, Statistical Series, Volume II, Springfield, 1935

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