From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Greenup County (KY) Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870
Greenup County, located on the northeastern border of Kentucky, was formed in 1803 from a portion of Mason County. It is bordered by the Ohio River and three Kentucky counties. Both the county and the county seat are named Greenup, named for Kentucky Governor Christopher Greenup from Virginia, who was also a veteran of the Revolutionary War. The county seat was incorporated as Greenupsburg in 1818; the name was changed to Greenup in 1872. The county population was 316 [heads of households] in the 1810 U.S. Federal Census, and it grew to 8,325 by 1860, excluding the enslaved. Below are the numbers for the slave holders, slaves, free Blacks, and free Mulattoes for 1850-1870.1850 Slave Schedule
- 135 slave owners
- 443 Black slaves
- 163 Mulatto slaves
- 44 free Blacks
- 0 free Mulattoes
- 89 slave owners
- 248 Black slaves
- 114 Mulatto slaves
- 34 free Blacks
- 13 free Mulattoes
- 317 Blacks
- 144 Mulattoes
- About 2 U.S. Colored soldiers listed Greenup County, KY, as their birth location.