From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Green County (KY) Slaves, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870
Green County, located in south-central Kentucky and bordered by five Kentucky counties, was formed in 1792 from portions of Lincoln and Nelson Counties. The county was named for Nathanael Greene, a major general of the American Revolutionary War. The county center was named Glover's Station in 1780, and once the county name became Green, the county seat was named Greensburg.The 1800 Green County population was 6,096, according to the Second Census of Kentucky: 5,257 whites, 836 slaves, and 3 free coloreds. In 1830 there was one free African American slave owner in Green County. The county population increased to 6,353 by 1860, according to the U.S. Federal Census, excluding slaves. Below are the numbers for the slave owners, slaves, free Blacks, and free Mulattoes for 1850-1870.
1850 Slave Schedule
- 430 slave owners
- 2,504 Black slaves
- 105 Mulatto slaves
- 96 free Blacks
- 2 free Mulattoes [Rilda Cox and Mark Mathews]
- 361 slave owners
- 2,052 Black slaves
- 317 Mulatto slaves
- 94 free Blacks
- 18 free Mulattoes
- 1,551 Blacks
- 382 Mulattoes
- About 95 U.S. Colored Troops listed Green County, KY, as their birth location.