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Early African American Residents of Henry County, Iowa
data transcribed by Francine Thompson
(e-mail address no longer valid)
copyright ©1997,1998, 1999, 2000 Norma Jennings

The first wave of African Americans in Mt. Pleasant, located in Henry County Iowa appear to have come mainly from a migration from Ohio in late 1850s and were only a few isolated families. In the mid 1860s, a white man named Lee, purchased lots in a section of town and helped a subtantial number of Blacks relocate from Missouri. This area became known as Leetown- altho it was never incorporated.

Mt. Pleasant was very near the town of Salem, which was an UGRR stop. This is a partial list of the AA names that I have extracted from the 1870 census. It includes the city of Mt. Pleasant in Center Township. The list is through Wayne Township. Take a quick look - many black folks made a stop in Iowa on their way to other places.

      NAME                 AGE     BORN         OCC

      THOMAS, George 35 VA
      THOMAS Fannie 26 MO
      THOMAS Jannie 9 MO
      THOMAS Willie 7 MO

      KEITH, Harry J. 34 MO
      KEITH Mary A. 19 AK
      KEITH Louella 6/12 IA Dec
      KEITH Mary Bell 2 IA

      BROWN, Phil Robert 24 VA

      GREEN, Joseph 21 AK
      GREEN Ruby 21 MO
      GREEN Samuel H. 2 IA
      GREEN Dora 4/12 IA Feb

      PAGE William 33 MO janitor
      PAGE Harriet (nee Moseley) 33 MO
      PAGE Victoria 16 MO
      PAGE Charley 10 MO
      PAGE David 9 MO
      PAGE Linnus 7 MO
      FINLEY, Clarence 2 IL
      FINLEY Iona 10/12 Aug IA
      FINLEY Elias 35 KY hotel cook

      MARSHALL, Thomas 40 TN preacher
      MARSHALL Emma 26 KY
      MARSHALL James 6 IA
      MARSHALL Adell 4 IA
      MARSHALL John 1 IA

      BIRD, Amos 36 MO charter member St. John AME
      BIRD Caroline 30 MO
      BIRD Josephine 8 MO
      BIRD Flora 6 IA
      BIRD Stephan 2 IA
      BIRD John 2/12 IA Apr
      JONES Elizabeth 50 VA
      RILEY William 34 MO

      PATRICK, Bartlett 45 MO
      PATRICK Lucinda 47 KY
      PATRICK Asa 19 KY
      PATRICK Bartlett 11 KY
      PATRICK Merril 10 MO
      PATRICK Martha 9 MO
      PATRICK George 7 MO

      RIDEOUT, Richard 47 VA
      RIDEOUT Martha 30 GA

      BEDFORD Sanford 18 VA farm hand

      FISHER Philip 59 VA
      FISHER Sarah 36 MD
      FISHER William 17 ?
      FISHER George 16 KY
      FISHER Eliza 2 IA
      FISHER Ulysses 1/12 IA

      PATE WIlliam 39 MO
      PATE Rene 29 MN
      PATE Mary 5 IA
      PATE Lizzie 3 IA
      PATE William 1 IA

      BROOKS, C???N 70 VA
      BROOKS Eliza 60 MO
      BROOKS Rison 9 MO
      BROOKS da 6 IA
      BROOKS Mary 4 IA
      BROOKS Sarah 19 IA

      KELLY George 37 TN
      KELLY Rachel 33 TN
      KELLY Stephen 13 MO
      KELLY Alcy Cora 7 Mo
      KELLY Clara 4 MO
      KELLY Mary 1 IA
      BATES Edward 24 ? farmhand

      POOLE Eli 56 KY
      POOLE Selah 50 VA
      POOLE Richard 16 MO
      POOLE Georgia 18 MO

      GRANT Elza 59 KY
      GRANT Annie 35 DE
      GRANT John 35 MO
      GRANT Elza 24 MO
      GRANT Clara 6 IA

      BOSTON, James 51 MO farmhand

      ANDERSON, Bartlett 15 MO farmhand

      BROOKS, Charles 13 MO farmhand

      CHANEY, ? 50 VA
      CHANEY Hattie 50 MO
      CHANEY Sarah 10 MO
      CHANEY Mary 12 MO
      CHANEY Lulu 7 MO

      CAGDELL, George 18 NC farmhand

      ROSS Henry Clay 37 KY
      ROSS Elizabeth 39 VA
      ROSS Lorena 13 MO
      ROSS Louisa 11 MO
      ROSS Susanna 8 MO
      ROSS Mary J. 6 IA
      ROSS William H. 4 IA
      ROSS Sarah A. 2 IA

      WATTSON Edward 30 AK
      WATTSON Jane 35 KY
      WATTSON James 3/12 IA MAy

      LOGAN Henry 54 KY
      LOGAN Permelia 54 KY
      LOGAN Green 19 MO
      LOGAN America 8 MO

      RESIN William 49 VA
      RESIN Amanda 34 MO
      RESIN Forench S. 17 MO
      RESIN Mary 15 MO
      RESIN Benjamen 5 IA

      HARRIS or MASON Frederick 26 MO barber
      HARRIS Sarah 27 MO

      RISK Henry 27 KY barber

      FORD, William 41 MO
      FORD Louisa 35 KY
      FORD Elizabeth 11 MO
      FORD Eliza 6 MO
      FORD Fanny 5 MO
      FORD William 4 MO

      CONNER, James 62 VA
      CONNER Jane 46 VA
      CONNER Ashbury 15 OH
      CONNER Malvina 11 OH
      CONNER Charles 7 OH
      CONNER Lincoln 5 IA

      PITTS John 54 KY
      PITTS Frankie 60 KY

      LEWIS Robert 42 KY
      LEWIS Frances J. 18 IA
      LEWIS Alex 2 IA
      LEWIS Paulina 11/12 IA July

      TURNER Matt 35 AK
      TURNER Sarah 3? MO
      BROWN Henry 50 MO
      BROWN Frank 14 Mo
      BROWN Scott 21 unknown

      HEDGE John W. 24 AK
      HEDGE Rilda 22 IL
      HEDGE Elias 50 AK
      HEDGE Eliza 41 AK
      TEGG Lotta 4 IA
      TEGG Stephen L. 3 IA

      BYSHER John 22 MO
      BYSHER Mary 25 MO
      BYSHER Lutisha 2 IA

      WATSON Thomas 45 TN
      WATSON Adaline 40 TN
      WATSON Mary 10
      WATSON Nettie 8
      WATSON Sally 5

      HOLMES, Jerimiah 44 AL
      HOLMES Elizabeth 33 VA
      HOLMES Albert A. 14 IA
      HOLMES Mary A. 12 IA
      HOLMES Everet B. 9 IA
      HOLMES Anna B. 8 IA
      HOLMES Milly K. 7 IA
      HOLMES Clara 4 IA
      HOLMES James W. 7 IA
      MCDANIEL Charles 11 IA

      ROY Warren 36 MD
      ROY Juda 34 VA
      ROY Nancy 12 MO
      ROY matilda 10 MO
      ROY Hannah 11 MO
      ROY Warren 8 MO
      ROY Elizabeth 5 IA
      ROY William 4 MO
      ROY Charley 1

      WATSON Thomas 45 TN
      WATSON Adaline 40 TN
      WATSON Mary 10 TN
      WATSON Nettie 8 TN
      WATSON Sally 5 TN

      JEFFERSON John M. 38 VA
      JEFFERSON Mary 15 MO

      WARD Robert 50 VA
      WARD Nancy J. 40 KY

      GRAHAM George 27 KY
      GRAHAM caroline 20 LA
      GRAHAM MArtha J. 3 IA
      GRAHAM Louisa Bell 1 IA

      BEECHEN John 23 KY
      BEECHEN Mary MO

      BUCKNER Harry 30 KY
      BUCKNER Ruth 30 KY
      BUCKNER Sarah E. 12 MO
      BUXKNER William 4 IA

      SMART George 50 KY
      SMART Mary 45 MO
      SMART William 19
      SMART Andrew 17
      SMART Thomas 15
      SMART Ella 13
      SMART Emma 8
      SMART Minerva 5 IA
      SMART JAmes A. 2 IA
      SMART Mary E. 5/12 IA

      REED or REEL, Charlotte 18 VA domestic
      REED Edwin 2 IA

      WASHINGTON, Geo 30 VA
      WASHINGTON Jane 25 MO
      WASHINGTON Lewis 1 IA
      WASHINGTON W. Page 1 IA
      WASHINGTON Samuel 1/12 IA May

      CLAY, Wm. B. 44 VA
      CLAY Lydia A. 38 KY
      CLAY Delila 20 MO
      CLAY Wilson 18 MO
      CLAY Levi 11 Mo
      CLAY William 3 IA
      MILLER HArriet 66 VA

      BURNAUGH, Samuel 49 VA
      BURNAUGH Clianna 50 VA
      BURNAUGH Thomas 19 MO
      BURNAUGH Martha 18 MO
      BURNAUGH Samuel 14 MO

      St. CLAIR, Charles 50 KY drayman
      ST. CLAIR Fanny 38 VA
      ST. CLAIR Calvin 21 MO
      ST. CLAIR Sarah 7 MO

      GARRETT, Edward 50 KY
      COULSON Maria 60 VA
      COULSON Alfred 21 VA
      DAVIS Matilda 23 MO
      DAVIS Alice 2 IA
      DAVIS Francis A. IA
      COULSON, MAry 15 MO

      VALENTINE, Delpha 30 MO housekeeper

      COULSON, George 36 VA
      COULSON Martha 25 MO
      COULSON Frances E. 8 MO
      COULSON Maria A. 6 IA
      COULSON George W. 3 IA
      COULSON Charles F. 1 IA

      BEDFORD Lewis 50 VA
      BEDFORD Mary A. 25 KY

      WICKS, George 58 VA
      WICKS Ellen 40 MO
      WICKS bertha 3 IA
      WICKS Mary E. 1 IA
      SMITH Cynthia A. 12 MO
      SMITH Jephthah 7 MO
      SMITH Martha J. 5 MO

      MCCRACKEN Samuel 28 TN barber married Sept
      MCCRACKEN Parthena 20 IN

      SCOTT, George 16 MO

      MOSLEY Moses 40 KY drayman
      MOSLEY Maria 41 MO
      MOSLEY Dudley 15 MO
      MOSLEY James Mitchell 11 MO
      MOSLEY Susan A. 8 MO
      MOSLEY William 3 IA
      MOSLEY Agnes 54 VA
      MOSLEY Edward 26 MO carpenter
      NUNLEY Maggie 12 MO

      NORTHCUTT Sanford 33 MO
      NORTHCUTT Sarah 26 KY
      NORTHCUTT Ella 1 IA
      VALENTINE Jane 8 IA

      HAYS John 20 NC

      RICHMOND Elmer 18 SC

      BRADWELL Rueben 17 MO

      LEONARD JAmes 68 KY
      LEONARD Lydia 60 KY

      PAGE John 30 MO

      WOODS Randall 32 MO white
      WOODS Sarah 26 KY Black
      WOODS Robert 5 IA
      WOODS Eliza 3 IA
      WOODS James 1 IA

      MASTERSON JAne 65 VA housekeeping

      ROP Lauvenia 13 MO farm help

      CLEMMONS, S. 45 MD
      CLEMMONS Mary 31 MD
      CLEMMONS Maria E. 15 MO
      CLEMMONS Mary Jane 12 MO
      CLEMMONS James L. 9 MO
      CLEMMONS William 6 MO
      CLEMMONS Maurgarite A. 3 IA
      CLEMMONS Vandalia 1 IA

      WILSON, H.H. 47 GA teacher

      MASON, Alfred
      MASON Angeline (nee Moseley)
      MASON Mary Ellen
      MASON Ida
      MASON Agnes
      MASON Louisa A.
      MASON William E.

      MASON WIlkinson 53 VA
      MASON Catherine 30 PN
      MASON Della 7 IA
      MASON Jesse 10/12 Aug IA

      DAVIS, Charles H. 51 OH barber
      DAVIS Mary 48 VA
      DAVIS Mary E. 17 OH
      DAVIS Charles W. 25 OH barber
      DAVIS Hattie 20 PN

      POSTON, James 34 MO
      POSTON Harriet 38 VA
      JACKSON, Nichols 33 MO

      TEEMS, Robert 23 KY
      TEEMS Esther J. 22 MO
      TEEMS James W. 2 IA
      TEEMS Edward 1/12 IA MAY

      FORD, George 27 NC
      FORD Isabella 28 SC
      FORD Samuel R. 3 IA
      FORD Catherine 1 IA

      ARMS, Adam 58 VA
      ARMS Perlina 38 MO
      ARMS Lucy 11 MO
      ARMS Mary Ella 3 IA
      ARMS Minerva 1 IA

      ALEXANDER, Benj 36 TN stone mason
      ALEXNADER Agnes 22 MO
      ALEXANDER Charlie W. 2 IA
      ALEXANDER Horace 4/12 IA Feb

      MCCALLISTER Henry 49 TN plasterer
      MCCALLISTER Christiana 51 TN seamtress
      MCCALLISTER John 19 MO
      MCCALLISTER Wm Henry 17 IL
      MCCALLISTER Christina 14 IL

      WALKER, Frances 60 KY
      JOHNSON Geo 8 MO
      JOHNSON, Jackson 7 IA

      BERRY Elias 30 VA
      BERRY Louisa 25 MO
      BERRY Isabel 3 IA
      BERRY Olive 7/12 IA Nov

      WATTS, William 50 KY stone mason- chrter member St. John's AME
      WATTS Ellen 28 OH
      WATTS Julia 15 MO
      WATTS William 12 MO
      WATTS Mary Jane 4 IA
      THOMAS Mary 38 KY

      SCOTT, Taylor 25 MO
      SCOTT Melvina 24 MO
      BROWN, Shelby 18 MO
      HARRIS ? 26 MO barber

      TAYLOR, Daniel 35 TN
      TAYLOR Mary Jane 32 KY
      TAYLOR Grant 4 IA
      TAYLOR Augustus 2 IA
      TAYLOR Jefferson 6 TN

      THORNTON, Joseph 26 MO
      THORNTON Maria 16 KY

      BURNAUGH, Ira 56 VA
      BURNAUGH Delilah 60 NC
      BURNAUGH Mary 27 MO
      BURNAUGH George 18 MO

      BURNAUGH Henry 23 MO
      BURNAUGH, Eliza 25 MO
      BURNAUGH William 3 IA
      BURNAUGH Della 1 IA

      WASHINGTON, Geo 30 VA
      WASHINGTON Jane 25 MO
      WASHINGTON Lewis 1 IA
      WASHINGTON W. Page 1 IA
      WASHINGTON Samuel 1/12 IA May

      FIDDLER, Edward 40 OH barber
      FIDDLER Melvina 35 OH
      FIDDLER Mary 18
      FIDDLER Cornelia
      FIDDLER Edward 15
      FIDDLER Frank 11
      FIDDLER David 8
      FIDDLER Joseph 7
      FIDDLER Ida 5 OH
      FIDDLER Charles 3 IA

      PHILLIPS Joseph 48 VA drayman
      PHILLIPS Juda A. 49 MO
      PHILLIPS Nathaniel 17 MO
      PHILLIPS Amanda 13 MO
      MOSELEY, Henry 35 MO barber

      HUTSON, Henry 24 KY works in tanyard
      HUTSON Sary J. 24 FL
      DIOENS, Byron 22 MO

      JOHNSON, Henry 41 KY
      JOHNSON Annis 28 MO
      JAMES, Henry 12 MO
      JAMES Georgie A. 5 IA
      JAMES Caltha 3 IA
      JAMES William H. 1 IA

      THOMAS, Cornelius 30 MS
      THOMAS Anna 25 MO
      THOMAS Lula B. 5 IA
      THOMAS Brittain T. 3 IA
      THOMAS Cora G. 9/12 Sept

      JONES, Emerson 25 TN
      JONES Francis 22 TN

      WARD JAne 40 AL
      JACKSON WIllie 3 IA
      JACKSON Joseph 5 MO

      CORNELIUS, Mary 46 KY
      CORNELIUS Charley 3 IA
      SCOTT Verden 13 MO
      SMITH John 26 KY

      ALEXANDER, Milford 31 MO Railroad
      ALEXANDER Rachel 25 MO
      ALEXANDER Joseph E. 10 MO
      ALEXANDER Sarah A. 6 IA
      ALEXANDER Stephen 3 IA

      THOMAS John 48 VA basket maker
      THOMAS Charlotte 50 VA

      BAUGH John 32 MO
      BAUGH Patsy 32 MO
      BAUGH Charley 16 MO

      THOMAS Lucy 47 VA
      THOMAS Lewis R. 15 MO
      THOMAS Mary M. 12 MO
      THOMAS Martha A. 9 MO
      THOMAS Ida May 4 IA
      BROWN, Philip 19 MO
      BROWN Aaron 17 MO

      WASHINGTON, James 42 KY
      WASHINGTON Mary 34 VA
      WASHINGTON Levi 16 MO
      WASHINGTON Amanda 15 MO
      WASHINGTON John W. 13 MO
      WASHINGTON Addie 10 MO
      WASHINGTON Richard 8 MO
      WASHINGTON Elmer 7 MO
      WASHINGTON Lincoln 4 IA
      WASHINGTON Ulyssus G. 2 IA
      WASHINGTON Thomas 4/12 IA Feb

      MCNEAL, Elias 30 SC
      MCNEAL Maggie 29 VA
      MCNEAL JAne E. 4 IA
      MCNEAL Sarah A. 2 IA
      MCNEAL Douglas 9 MO

      ALEXANDER, Felix 55 KY stone mason
      ALEXANDER Sarah A. 38 GA

      MARTIN Robert 26 MO
      MARTIN Harriet 28 VA
      MARTIN Laura A. 1 MO
      SIYLES, John B. 7 MO

      BEDFORD Jerry 30 MO lumberyard
      BEDFORD Mary A. 22 AK
      BEDFORD Estella 6/12 IA Dec
      HOWARD William 18 KY barber

      JACKSON, Nathan 57 VA
      JACKSON Adaline 37 VA
      JACKSON Lucinda 2 IA
      JACKSON Elias 1 IA

      ROSS Henry Clay 37 KY
      ROSS Elizabeth 39 VA
      ROSS Lorena 13 MO
      ROSS Louisa 11 MO
      ROSS Susanna 8 MO
      ROSS Mary J. 6 IA
      ROSS William H. 4 IA
      ROSS Sarah A. 2 IA

      WATTSON Edward 30 AK
      WATTSON Jane 35 KY
      WATTSON James 3/12 IA MAy

      LOGAN Henry 54 KY
      LOGAN Permelia 54 KY
      LOGAN Green 19 MO
      LOGAN America 8 MO

      RESIN William 49 VA
      RESIN Amanda 34 MO
      RESIN Forench S. 17 MO
      RESIN Mary 15 MO
      RESIN Benjamen 5 IA

      HARRIS or MASON Frederick 26 MO barber
      HARRIS Sarah 27 MO

      RISK Henry 27 KY barber

      FORD, William 41 MO
      FORD Louisa 35 KY
      FORD Elizabeth 11 MO
      FORD Eliza 6 MO
      FORD Fanny 5 MO
      FORD William 4 MO

      CONNER, James 62 VA
      CONNER Jane 46 VA
      CONNER Ashbury 15 OH
      CONNER Malvina 11 OH
      CONNER Charles 7 OH
      CONNER Lincoln 5 IA

      PITTS John 54 KY
      PITTS Frankie 60 KY

      LEWIS Robert 42 KY
      LEWIS Frances J. 18 IA
      LEWIS Alex 2 IA
      LEWIS Paulina 11/12 IA July

      TURNER Matt 35 AK
      TURNER Sarah 3? MO

      BROWN Henry 50 MO
      BROWN Frank 14 Mo
      BROWN Scott 21 unknown

      HEDGE John W. 24 AK
      HEDGE Rilda 22 IL
      HEDGE Elias 50 AK
      HEDGE Eliza 41 AK

      TEGG Lotta 4 IA
      TEGG Stephen L. 3 IA

      BYSHER John 22 MO
      BYSHER Mary 25 MO
      BYSHER Lutisha 2 IA

      WATSON Thomas 45 TN
      WATSON Adaline 40 TN
      WATSON Mary 10
      WATSON Nettie 8
      WATSON Sally 5

      HOLMES, Jerimiah 44 AL
      HOLMES Elizabeth 33 VA
      HOLMES Albert A. 14 IA
      HOLMES Mary A. 12 IA
      HOLMES Everet B. 9 IA
      HOLMES Anna B. 8 IA
      HOLMES Milly K. 7 IA
      HOLMES Clara 4 IA
      HOLMES James W. 7 IA
      MCDANIEL Charles 11 IA

      ROY Warren 36 MD
      ROY Juda 34 VA
      ROY Nancy 12 MO
      ROY Matilda 10 MO
      ROY Hannah 11 MO
      ROY Warren 8 MO
      ROY Elizabeth 5 IA
      ROY William 4 MO
      ROY Charley 1

      WATSON Thomas 45 TN
      WATSON Adaline 40 TN
      WATSON Mary 10 TN
      WATSON Nettie 8 TN
      WATSON Sally 5 TN

      JEFFERSON John M. 38 VA
      JEFFERSON Mary 15 MO

      WARD Robert 50 VA
      WARD Nancy J. 40 KY

      GRAHAM George 27 KY
      GRAHAM caroline 20 LA
      GRAHAM Martha J. 3 IA
      GRAHAM Louisa Bell 1 IA

      BEECHEN John 23 KY
      BEECHEN Mary MO

      BUCKNER Harry 30 KY
      BUCKNER Ruth 30 KY
      BUCKNER Sarah E. 12 MO
      BUCKNER William 4 IA

      SMART George 50 KY
      SMART Mary 45 MO
      SMART William 19
      SMART Andrew 17
      SMART Thomas 15
      SMART Ella 13
      SMART Emma 8
      SMART Minerva 5 IA
      SMART JAmes A. 2 IA
      SMART Mary E. 5/12 IA

      REED or REEL, Charlotte 18 VA domestic
      REED Edwin 2 IA

      This is through Wayne township and includes the town of Mt. Pleasant where the majority of African Americans lived in Henry County. Hope somebody finds a lost ancestors.

      MARTIN Harriet 28 VA
      MARTIN Laura A. 1 MO

      SIYLES, John B. 7 MO

      BEDFORD Jerry 30 MO lum
       
       

      copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Norma Jennings