Grayson County, Virginia Federal Census — 1840 Eastern District

The Eastern district of 1840 Grayson County roughly corresponds to present day Carroll County.

White Persons: 4365, Free Colored Persons: 34, Slaves, 160

“The number of persons within my Division consisting fo four thousand five hundred and fifty nine (4559) appears on the fore going schedule subscribed by me this 10th day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty.”

/Signed/ Peyton G. Hale

The following table lists census data for the members of white households in the eastern district of Grayson County, Virginia. It also identifies the heads of households of “Free Colored Families”.

The 1840 Grayson County, Virginia Federal Census – Eastern District
Head of Household	White Males in household													White Females in household
Head of Household	5	10	15	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	100+	5	10	15	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	100+
Jennings, Luke	2	3	1		1									1	1			1
Davis, John					1
Ward, William														1							1
Lyon, William			1					1						1		1					1
Stone, John							1									3				1
South, John	1	1	1			1								2	1	1			1
Jones, John		1	1		1			1								3	2
Hanks, Franklin	2	1		1										3	1			1
Harmon, Thomas					1									1			1
Mooney, William	2	2	2			1									1				1

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Grayson County, Virginia Federal Census — 1840 Eastern District