This searchable database is provided, courtesy of the Monroe County
Historical Society, as a supplement to the meager census data
collected prior to the 1850 census. Should printed material or
substantial investigation of any individual found here be needed, please
access the Monroe County Society's webpage for their services
[H E R E].
In order to qualify for this list (recorded at the courthouse) the
applicant had to be fifty years of age and thirty years a resident of the
county on September 17, 1858. In the case of many of those
listed, the remark "Dead" was added. This was in the same handwriting as
the name entry so it is conceivable those individuals may have been
deceased at the time they "applied" for the listing or shortly thereafter.
Various modifications of the rules were added and appear within the list.
We regret the lack of alphabetization, but the "order" of the list is
presumably that in which it was taken from the applicants.
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Name Came Age Born in --------------- ---- --- ----------- 1. Benjamin Rogers 1817 60 Kentucky 2. John Ketcham 1818 76 Maryland 3. James V. Buskirk 1820 61 Ohio 4. George Whisnand 1818 77 Virginia 5. Peter Able 1820 69 Virginia 6. John Whitsell 1820 85 N. Carolina 7. James Dunning 1818 70 Delaware 8. Luke Ward 1820 60 N. Carolina 9. James Slocumb 1819 72 Maryland 10. Elias Abel 1824 58 Virginia 11. George W. Ritter 1820 56 Kentucky 12. Samuel Collins 1827 63 N. Carolina 13. Alexander Kelley 1827 63 Virginia 14. John Hight 1818 63 Kentucky 15. James Parks 1816 76 N. Carolina 16. John S. Owens 1817 68 N. Carolina 17. Solomon Butcher 1819 62 Tennessee 18. Joseph Polley 1826 59 Kentucky 19. David Finley 1821 Kentucky 20. Joshua 0. Howe 1819 74 Maryland 21. Benjamin Ridge 1819 72 Maryland 22. Benjamin F. Rogers 1816 Indiana 23. James Borland 1818 69 Pennsylvania 24. Samuel Boruff 1820 60 Tennessee 25. Edward Borland 1818 62 Pennsylvania 26. William McNeeley 1827 55 Tennessee 27. Dudley C. Smith 1819 61 Vermont 28. James Everman 1823 57 Kentucky 29. John M. Sadler 1816 74 Virginia 30. Milton McPhetridge 1825 55 Tennessee 31. Johnson McCollough 1819 52 Kentucky 32. Lewis Carroll 1821 58 Virginia 33. James G. Fleenor 1828 51 Indiana 34. William Batterton 1819 63 Kentucky 35. John M. Sluss 1829 51 Kentucky 36. Lewis G. Shryer 1825 58 Maryland 37. Jesse Rader 1827 68 Virginia 38. Matthew Flora 1823 75 Pennsylvania 39. Noble S. Stockwell 1825 59 Kentucky 40. William C. Foster 1829 59 Kentucky 41. Andrew Reeves 1817 50 Kentucky 42. John Orchard 1823 58 Kentucky 43. James Starnes 1822 60 Virginia 44. Joseph Thomas 1823 50 Kentucky 45. James Knuckolls 1823 58 Virginia 46. George A. Johnston 60 Virginia 47. Alfred Houston 1826 53 Kentucky 48. George W. Mattock 1816 55 Tennessee 49. John S. Hardesty 1827 66 Virginia 50. James Dearmin 1822 50 Virginia 51. Joseph Messor 1819 71 Pennsylvania 52. David Batterton 1819 56 Kentucky 53. Thomas Carter 1821 63 Kentucky 54. Solomon Lucas 1817 62 North Carolina 55. Daniel Stout 1818 82 Virginia 56. Wesley Whitson 1818 65 Virginia 57. James Davis 1828 52 Virginia 58. Isaiah Payne 1821 81 Maryland 59. David McHolland 1815 69 Tennessee 60. Nicholas Shipman 1820 51 Indiana 61. Allen Sims 1827 58 North Carolina 62. Austin Seward 1821 60 Virginia 63. Ellis Stone 1819 70 Kentucky 64. Isaac Gillaspy 1820 68 Tennessee 65. Alexander Murphy 78 North Carolina 66. Eli P. Farmer 1822 60 Kentucky 67. Richard M. Houston 1826 59 Kentucky 68. George W. Hardin 1826 64 Kentucky 69. Robertson M. Farmer 1823 60 Kentucky 70. James Rawlings 1816 57 Kentucky 71. Nicholas Whisnand 1818 58 Virginia 72. Emsley Wilson 1818 54 North Carolina 73. William Edmondson 1817 65 Kentucky 74. Isaac Buskirk 1820 67 Virginia 75. Robert D.Alexander 1827 58 Kentucky 76. John A.M. Lemon 1827 54 Kentucky 77. John Garrison 1820 58 North Carolina 78. Samuel Snoddy 1820 61 Kentucky 79. David Byers 1827 52 Kentucky 80. Phineas Coatney 1823 63 Virginia 81. James H. Houston 1826 57 Kentucky 82. James P. Eeless 1824 69 Virginia 83. William B.Alexander 1825 52 Kentucky 84. Joseph Campbell 1819 62 Kentucky 85. Jefferson Wampler 1827 53 Virginia 86. Nicholas Smith 1828 69 Tennessee 87. Samuel Smith 1822 56 Virginia 88. Edward Jackson 1828 52 Kentucky 89. John Tate 1822 65 Virginia 90. Thomas Rader 1826 72 Virginia 91. Lankston Brummett 1819 52 Tennessee 92. John Burton 93. William Smith 94. Jonatham Hinkle 1820 56 North Carolina 95. David Barrow 1824 57 Kentucky 96. Solomon Wooden 1818 67 Maryland 97. John Hanson 1818 56 Virginia 98. Lewis Harmon 1825 63 Kentucky 99. Basil Hill 1818 55 Kentucky 100. Sylvanius Tarkington 1816 65 North Carolina 101. David Wright 1817 52 Indiana 102. Stephen Hovious 1826 57 Kentucky 103. John Kutch 1817 72 Virginia 104. Alexander Gillaspie 1824 72 North Carolina 105. James Rogers 1810 69 Pennsylvania 106. Thomas Fullerton 1820 74 South Carolina 107. John L. Shirley 1821 54 Kentucky 108. David Young 1827 77 Virginia 109. Jacob B. Lowe 1815 60 North Carolina 110. Paris C. Dunning 1823 53 North Carolina 111. John M. Beny 1827 67 Virginia The following were admitted as honorary members: 112. James Johnson 113. A Croucher 114. Isaac S. Buskirk 115. Isaac Cox 116. William C. Saddler 117. James Woodburn 118. John T. Rogers 119. Henry Rogers 120. Benoni Denny 1827 53 Kentucky 121. A.W. Rogers 122. James Rogers 123. James D. Robertson 60 124. Pleasant S.D. Mitchell 125. Nelson Robinson 126. Hugh Campbell 127. John J. Woodburn 128. Samuel H. Buskirk Admitted at second meeting, Sept. 17,1859: 129. Richard Carmichael 1827 85 Virginia 130. John Mitchell 1816 131. John Hubbard 64 132. Daniel Ketcham 1818 54 133. Samuel Pennington 1830 63 North Carolina 134. Daniel Butcher 64 135. Domas Smith 56 136. Daniel McCoy 137. Solomon Butcher 139. John Rader 81 140. Albert Parks 56 141. Jonathan Kegley 56 142. Frederic L. Butler Virginia 143. Virgil Empson 144. Caleb Hazel 145. John Armstrong 65 146. Rebecca Ellett 62 147. William Ross 1818 83 North Carolina 148. Elizabeth Ketcham 78 149. Mary Rogers 73 150. Catherine Gabbeti 69 151. Elizabeth Buskirk 45 152. Amanda Batterton 47 153. Matilda Slocomb 55 154. Elizabeth Buskirk 74 155. Hannah Able 54 156. Elizabeth Rogers 62 157. Elizabeth Hite 61 158. Elizabeth Gillaspie 68 159. Nancy Houston 47 160. Rebecca Rawlings 72 161. Jane Seward 60 162. Elizabeth Wampler 53 163. Elizabeth Kegley 55 164. Rhoda McNeeley 53 165. Susanna Rogers 63 166. Jane Rogers 45 167. Elizabeth Farmer 168. Sally Dunning 51 169. Martha Berry 50 170. Conney Butcher 67 171. Margaret Knuckols 67 172. Catherine Butcher 62 173. Nancy Hubbard 174. Fanny Ketcham 175. Rebecca McCollough 47 Kentucky 176. Sarah McPhetridge 1825 49 Tennessee Admitted September 17, 1860: (3rd Meeting) 177. Barney Brummett 1817 70 Virginia 178. James Gentry 1833 60 North Carolina 179. Tanzy Gentry 1833 61 North Carolina 180. Eliza Baker 1833 54 Maryland 181. Malden Baker 1833 59 Maryland 182. Benjamin Neeld 1820 64 Kentucky 183. Eliza Neeld 1819 45 Kentucky 184. Sally Ann Reeves 1819 49 Kentucky 185. Andrew Parks 1826 50 Indiana 186. Absalom Baker 1826 59 North Carolina 187. Paulina V. Hardin 1826 61 Kentucky 188. Alexander Givens 189. John McCrea (Honorary Member) 190. Mrs. Sara Williams Kentucky 191. Mrs. Nancy Anderson 1819 66 192. Isabella Smith 1830 50 North Carolina 193. Elizabeth Morgan 194. James Miller 195. Morton C. Hunter 196. George Eller 197. William E Browning 198. Henry Eller 199. William N. Roseberry 200. Robert Houston 201. John Knight 65 202. Jonathan Brannum 203. James McBride 204. Felix G. Mercer 205. Ellis G. Sluss 206. William N. Anderson 207. George Sluss 208. Peter Whitesell 79 209. Stanford Jacobs [?] 77 210. John W. Throop 67 211. Morton S. McCollough 42 212. Wm. J. Alexander 55 213. George W. Payne 55 214. Wm. H. Slocumb 40 215. William Blackeley [?] 63 216. B.E Adams 50 217. J.M. May 45 218. Miller (?] 45 219. John E May 49 220. Jonas May 44 221. David May 75 222. Jackson Sewel 60 223. Joseph Jamison 60 224. John M. Armstrong 50 225. James Stout 60 226. Felix G. Dunn 60 227. Ezra Perring 60 228. Alex C. Weir 57 229. Charles Moore 63 230. Jacob Bunger 69 231. W.S. Walker 56 232. Joseph Walker 233. William Hale 51 234. Thomas Kellough 46 235. James A. Ward 236. Thomas Gillaspy 61 237. Thomas J. Sharp 238. J.J. Whisnand 48Return?