Tobacco census 1910 - J. B. Coffman

James Buchanan (Buck) Coffman was born 28 Jan 1857 and died 8 Jan 1935; he is buried in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Ohio County. 

Tobacco census 1910 - William S. Carter

William Silas Carter  was born 14 Feb 1876 and was a farmer in the Centertown area of Ohio County. He never married and died 17 Mar 1947 at age 71. He is buried in Waltons Creek Church Cemetery in Centertown.

Tobacco census 1910 - Thomas L. Bradley

Thomas Logan Bradley lived in Cromwell. He was born 3 March 1866 and died 22 Apr 1917. 

Tobacco census 1910 - Thomas J. Bishop

Thomas J. Bishop was born 25 Mar 1855 and died 30 Dec 1920. He lived in Matanzas, Ohio County.

Tobacco census 1910 - Calvin C. Borah

In August 1910 the Federal government collected data about the production of tobacco in the various states. A form was mailed to individuals and was filled out and returned to the Census Bureau. I found that fourteen people from Ohio County returned a tobacco census form.  Unfortunately the quality of these documents is not very good, some of the hand writing is hard to read, and the information contained in the documents is not earth-shaking but, none-the-less, it might be important to a descendant. I will post them in alphabetical order - the first is Calvin C. Borah.

Calvin Borah was born in 1845 so at the time he filled out this form he was 65 years old. The regular census for 1910 says he lived in Cromwell and was a timber dealer. Calvin lived until 1930. Page one above says that he leased the property where he had a tobacco crop (tenant).

Owen Hunter and Oppie Kittinger

This is a photo of Owen Hunter (center in overalls) and Oppie Kittinger (left) with cigars.  The man on the right is unidentified.  Hunter and Kittinger were related by marriage.  The photo was taken at Livermore or Hartford during 1910 - 1920.  The photo was contributed to the Kentucky Historical Society by Carmen Kittinger.

John P. C. Porter

I have only found one Porter family in the 1840 census for Ohio County - it looks like the father was named Oliver or Elvira Porter (probably Oliver Cromwell Porter 1784-1858). I think this is correct and I think the son shown in the above chart was John Philpot Curran Porter born about 1824 (chart says he is 19 years old, so that would be 1821 or so.

Stateler Memorial Methodist Church

Stateler Memorial Methodist Church

Willow Creek Methodist Church, 303 Main Street, Willow Creek, Gallatin County, Montana.

Placed on the Register of Historic Places June 2008.  Built in 1915. Named after Rev. Learned Blackman Stateler from Ohio County, Kentucky.

 

1940 Census Maps

The 1940 census maps might help you find where your ancestors lived and what church, school or cemetery was nearby. Ohio County was split into 23 enumeration districts (92-1 to 92-23). A person was paid to visit every house in the district within a one month period. The following maps are only for the 1940 census and different maps were probably used for earlier years. Note that the maps also show "Magistrate Districts" which are political districts - a Magistrate is the same as a Justice of the Peace (each county in Kentucky is divided into 3 to 8 Magistrate Districts). You can zoom on these maps to a very fine detail and see the names of creeks and symbols for homes, churches, and other buildings. The "legend" for these symbols is found on Map 2 in the lower left corner. Population is shown for some towns; for example, the first map shows the population of Fordsville to be 570. Actually, Map 2 discloses that this is actually a 1937 map prepared by the KY Department of Highways; so the Census office used a 1937 map and added their information by hand for the 1940 census.

When you find your ancestor listed on the census sheets you will see that the far left column is for the name of the street or road they lived on and the next column is for their street number. Of course in rural areas street numbers were not used in 1940. If nothing is shown for location then the person that prepared the document failed to fill it out completely, which is often the case. In the upper right of each page the Enumeration District is shown, which corresponds to the maps. Each page is dated and signed by the person that took the census.  If you are lucky your ancestor is listed on line 4 or 40 - if so, look at the supplementary information at the bottom of the page.  So, find your ancestor and then use the maps to try to pin-point their location and see what was nearby.  If you are a member of Ancestry.com you can see these same maps and those maps may have better detail for viewing on your computer. 

Here are the six maps that show all of the 23 enumeration districts: