Riley Co., KS AHGP-1856 Territorial Census, Dist. 9

1856 Kansas Territorial Census
District #9

The District #9 census of 1856 included most of what is now Geary County, and included parts of surrounding counties. From the census: "Commencing on the Smoky Hill Fork, beyond the most westerly settlements; thence down the same and to the Kansas River to the Kansas river to the mouth of Wild Cat Creek; thence up said creek to the head-waters thereof; thence due north to the Independence emigrant road; thence up said road to the north line of the Territory; thence west along the same to the most westerly settlements; and thence due south to the place of beginning. Included are civilians in and around Ft. Riley"

Name	Occupation	Age	Emigrated from	Gender	Race
James Lennon	farmer	21	NY	male	white
Robert Wilson	merchant	30	MO	male	white
Mary E. Wilson	---	21	MO	female	white
Margaret Ella Wilson	---	minor	MO	female	white
Albert S. Wilson	---	minor	MO	male	white
Adelaide Wilson	---	minor	MO	female	negro-slave
Phillis Harriss	---	minor	MO	female	negro-slave
Robert Higgins	lawyer	21	OH	male	white
Edward F. Mezick	clerk	21	MD	male	white
Jeremiah Lamb	farmer	50	OH	male	white
Thomas Conway	blacksmith	21	OH	male	white
Stephen L. Morse	wheelwright	60	OH	male	white
C. Connolly	plasterer	40	KY	male	white
T. K. Mills	carpenter	40	OH	male	white
William M. Moore	carpenter	21	IN	male	white
M. A. Lowe	wagonmaster	40	MO	male	white
Susan Lowe	---	40	MO	female	white
Susan Lowe	---	minor	MO	female	white
Alex. Lowe	---	minor	MO	male	white
Robert Klotz	merchant	30	PA	male	white
J. R. McClure	lawyer	21	IN	male	white
Edward M. Tripp	machinist	21	MA	male	white
John Westover	farmer	21	PA	male	white
William Cuddy	farmer	30	NY	male	white
C. R. Mobley	lawyer	21	KY	male	white
S. A. Treat	farmer	21	OH	male	white
John N. Dyer	clerk	21	MO	male	white
Lemuel Knapp	farmer	40	NY	male	white
Nancy A. Knapp	---	30	NY	female	white
C. W. Knapp	---	minor	NY	male	white
A. E. Knapp	---	minor	NY	female	white
Samuel S. Knapp	---	minor	NY	male	white
George Knapp	---	minor	NY	male	white
E. E. Knapp	---	minor	NY	male	white
Sarah C. Knapp	---	minor	NY	female	white
E. W. Knapp	---	minor	NY	male	white
Henry Green	machinist	30	NY	male	white
Wm. Price	hatter	30	OH	male	white
George Anderson	teamster	minor	TN	male	white
Wm. A. Hammond	physician	21	PA	male	white
Helen N. Hammond	---	21	PA	female	white
Clara Nesbit	---	21	PA	female	white
S. P. Hammond	---	minor	PA	male	white
Ann McDaniel	---	21	MO	female	white
Sophia McDaniel	---	minor	MO	female	white
Martha Bradford	---	21	MO	female	negro-slave
Martin F. Conway	lawyer	21	MD	male	white
George B. Van Arsdale	teamster	30	NY	male	white
Joseph Seals	teamster	21	KY	male	white
James Martin	teamster	21	PA	male	white
Frederick Sonnamaker	butcher	30	MO	male	white
Martha Sonnamaker	---	21	MO	male	white
George Sonnamaker	---	minor	MO	female	white
Charles Sonnamker	---	minor	MO	male	white
Patrick Clary	---	minor	MO	male	white
John T. Price	farmer	30	KY	male	white
Edward Gleason	laborer	21	IL	male	white
John Welch	stone-cutter	21	IL	male	white
Daniel Leonard	laborer	21	NY	male	white
Patrick Dixon	stone-cutter	21	IL	male	white
James Dixon	stone-cutter	21	IL	male	white
John Dixon	stone-cutter	21	IL	male	white
Thomas Dixon	mason	21	IL	male	white
Mary Dixon	---	21	IL	female	white
Bridget Dixon	---	minor	IL	female	white
Bridget O'Melia	---	minor	IL	female	white
Thomas Reynolds	farmer	50	MO	male	white
John Reynolds	farmer	21	MO	male	white
James Reynolds	farmer	minor	MO	male	white
George Reynolds	farmer	minor	MO	male	white
Polly Reynolds	---	50	MO	female	white
Martha Reynolds	---	minor	MO	female	white
Henry Hoffman	laborer	21	NJ	male	white
Daniel J. Charles	cook	40	MO	male	negro-free
Elizabeth Jane Charles	---	21	MO	female	negro-free
Daniel J. Charles jr	---	minor	MO	male	negro-free
Eliza Jane Charles	---	minor	MO	female	negro-free
Oliver Thomas Charles	---	minor	MO	male	negro-free
Edward Oliver Charles	---	minor	MO	male	negro-free
Mary Pascal	cook	50	MO	female	negro-free
Sarah Johnson	cook	21	PA	female	negro-free
Thomas Johnson	---	minor	PA	male	negro-free
John Johnson	---	minor	PA	male	negro-free
Louisa Johnson	---	minor	PA	female	negro-free
William Erskine	carpenter	21	NY	male	white
Hanson L. Dolph	carpenter	21	NY	male	white

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