Manufacturing Schedules - 1850

The population schedules are the census records most familiar to researchers. However, there are other census records that can be useful. Most of us are familiar with the mortality schedules, which list the names of all those persons who died between between 1 June (before the census year) and 31 May (during the census year). Other schedules that can be very helpful are the agricultural schedules and the manufacturing schedules.

Manufacturing schedules are available for 1820 and 1850 - 1880. The 1820, 1850 and 1860 manufacturing schedules list the name of the manufacturer; the nature of the business; the amount of capital invested; the types, amounts and values of the products produced annually; the type of power or machinery used; the number of males and females employed and the average monthly cost of the labor by the employees. Small manufacturing operations that produced less than $500 worth of goods or material were not included in the manufacturing schedules.

For the purpose of this article, only the following information has been listed: name of manufacturer, type of business, number of employees and the average monthly cost of labor by the employees. Abstracted from Kentucky Manufacturing Schedules, M1528, roll 32, Kentucky Dept for Libaries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.


Crittenden County
District No. 1
David Bowland - Saddlery - 2 employees - monthly cost of labor $30

W. Carneyhand - Saddlery - 3 employees - monthly cost of labor $50

William H. Rochester - Blacksmith - 3 employees - monthly cost of labor $100

William E. Parker[?] - Distillery - 5 employees - monthly cost of labor $60

Gideon D. Cobb - Iron - 100 employees - monthly cost of labor $1500

William B. Clement - Mill - 3 employees - monthly cost of labor $30

Littleton Owen - Wool Carding - 2 employees - monthly cost of labor $40

District No. 2
John Bell - Coal - 60 employees - monthly cost of labor $1020

Joel Lamb - Tannery - 1 employee - monthly cost of labor $25

William H. Hurt - Milling - 3 employees - monthly cost of labor $60

Joseph McDowell - Milling - 3 employees - monthly cost of labor $60

William P. Alexander - Tannery - 1 employee - monthly cost of labor $25

Allen Butler - Milling - 4 employees - monthly cost of labor $50

Livingston County
T.W. Davis & Co - Furnace - 75 employees - monthly cost of labot $750

Henry Groves[?] - Tannery - 2 employees - mnthly cost of labor $30

Samuel Barnett - Tannery - 2 employees - monthly cost of labor $30

William Gordon - Steam Saw Mill - 8 employees - monthly cost of labor $120

John Hutson - Water Saw Mill - 3 employees - cost of labor $72.50 for 6 mo.

R.S. Boyd - Blacksmiths Shopp - 2 employees - monthly cost of labor $50

Forman & Foster - Carding Machine - 1 employee - monthly cost of labor $20

Williams & Hagy - lumber business - 1 employee - monthly cost of labor $50

L.R. Cheek - Tinnering - 1 employee - monthly cost of labor $50

William Smith - Stone Shop - 2 employees - monthly cost of labor $67

Thomas J. Phillips - Steam Saw Mill - 8 employees - monthly cost of labor $112

P.H. Conant - Tannery - 8 employees - monthly cost of labor $500

Starr & White - Furnace [no other information]