John Richardson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 8 Apr 1796 - Kentucky
    Christening: 
          Death: 4 Dec 1877 - (Pulaski Co., Kentucky)
         Burial: in Soul's Chapel Cemetery, Pulaski Co., Ky 1 2
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Jesse Richardson (      -      )
         Mother: Martha English (      -      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Elizabeth Reese (25 Jan 1794 - 8 May 1853)
       Marriage: 31 Mar 1817 - Madison Co., Kentucky

2. Elizabeth F. Tomlinson (13 Jul 1815 - 2 Jul 1900)
       Marriage: 22 Apr 1854 - Pulaski Co., Kentucky 3
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1820 Pulaski Co., Kentucky
Jno. Richardson 100010 -- 10010; 1 in agriculture; 1 slave
male female
1 <10 1
10-16
16-18
16-26
1 26-45 1
>45 </pre>

There is also a Jonathan Richardson (Somerset, 020100-10101, no slaves, 1 in agriculture) in Pulaski Co.

<pre>1830 Pulaski Co., Kentucky
John Richardson 120001 -- 210001; 4 slaves
male female
1 < 5 2
2 5-10 1
10-15
15-20
20-30
1 30-40 1
40-50 </pre>

<pre>1840 Pulaski Co., Kentucky
John Richardson 0102101 -- 0011011; 4 slaves; 5 in agriculture
male female
< 5
1 5-10
10-15 1
2 15-20 1
1 20-30
30-40 1
1 40-50 1
50-60 </pre>

<pre>1860 Pulaski Co., Kentucky, District No 1, p.o. Somerset; June 5; pg 16
94/94
John Richardson 63 MW Ky $8000/$5000 Farmer
Elizabeth " 48 FW Ky
Rachel Waddle 35 FW Ky </pre>

In the Slave Schedule he is the owner of 8 slaves.

<pre>1870 Pulaski Co., Kentucky, Grundy District, p.o. Somerset; July 7; pg 22
155/155
John Richardson 74 MW Ky $5500/$5250 Farmer
Elizabeth F. " 55 FW Ky Keeping house
Rachel Waddle 45 FW Ky house work </pre>

<pre>1880 Pulaski Co., Kentucky, Somerset; June 24; pg 32
290/295
Elizabeth Richardson 64 Wd Ky Pa Va Keeping house
Rachel Waddle 56 sister Wd Ky Pa Va </pre>

<pre>1900 Pulaski Co., Kentucky, Somerset City Ward 1, ED 99; June 8; sheet 4A
66/70 North Craborchard Street
Elizabeth Richardson head Jul 1815 84 Wd/0/0 Ky Pa Ky Capitalist
Rachel Waddle sister Apr 1823 77 Wd/0/0 Ky Pa Ky </pre>

She owns an unmortgaged house.

LAND:

In a series of 3 transactions from October 1826 to June 1829 John Richardson buys the interest of 5 of his wife's siblings in a tract of land in Madison Co., Kentucky inherited from her father. He then owns 6/7 of the tract, which he sells in August 1829. See notes under his father-in-law for details.

See notes under his brother-in-law Stephen Hinds relative to two transactions in Pulaski Co. in 1830.
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Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 28809944.

2 Pulaski County Historical Society, "Pulaski County, Kentucky Cemetery Records," 1976, Vol 1, pg 425. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 Pulaski Co. Historical Society, "Pulaski Co. Marriage Records, Book 2, 1851-1863," pg 89. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

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