Tennessee Census - 1830, 1840, and 1850

The 1830, 1840, and 1850 Tennessee Censuses cover the period of time that Valentine Felty Vanhooser, Jr., son, Mathias Van Huss and his son Valentine Worley Van Huss lived in Carter County Tennessee. Old man Valentine died in 1857. Mathias died in 1856, before the outbreak of the Civil War.  Grandson Valentine Worley Van Huss emigrated to Kansas after the Civil War with his sons James, Daniel, Isaac, and John Finley.

The earlier censuses for the years 1800 through 1830 have been destroyed. They would have covered the period from when Valentine arrived in 1795 and settled near Watauga, Tennessee. I am not aware of the whereabouts for the 1860 census. I have not found Valentine Felty Vanhooser, Jr. in any Tennessee census.



1830 Census

VANHOOSE
   Mathias         33   3 -  less than  5    1 -  5 through  9
                        3 -  5 through  9    1 - 30 through 39
                        1 - 30 through 39

   Valentine       18   1 - 15 through 19    1 - 20 through 29
                        1 - 20 through 29    1 - 60 through 69
                        1 - 30 through 39
                        1 - 60 through 69

1840 Census

VANHUSS
   Benjamine       182  20   5   1 -  less than  5    1 -  less than  5
                                 2 - 20 through 29    1 - 20 through 29

   Mathias         195  12   9   1 -  less than  5    1 -  less than  5
                                 1 -  5 through  9    1 -  5 through  9
                                 1 - 10 through 14    1 - 15 through 19
                                 1 - 15 through 19    1 - 40 through 49
                                 1 - 40 through 49

1850  Census

     VANHUSS
          Benjamin 38          182B
          Mathias 54           219
          Valentine 28         172

1850 Census

172A  29  Vanhuss        Daniel S.        2     Tenn              pg0167b.txt
172A  28  Vanhuss        Isaac S. K.      3     Tenn              pg0167b.txt
172A  27  Vanhuss        James M.         4     Tenn              pg0167b.txt
172A  26  Vanhuss        Lucinda H.       29    Tenn              pg0167b.txt
172A  25  Vanhuss        Valentine        23    VA                pg0167b.txt

 25  30   30  Vanhuss        Valentine      23    M    W    farming        100       VA                .     .     .    .    Married Nov.18, 1845
 26  30   30  Vanhuss        Lucinda H.     29    F    W    .              .         Tenn              .     .     .    .    .
 27  30   30  Vanhuss        James M.       4     M    W    .              .         Tenn              .     .     .    .    .
 28  30   30  Vanhuss        Isaac S. K.    3     M    W    .              .         Tenn              .     .     .    .    .
 29  30   30  Vanhuss        Daniel S.      2     M    W    .              .         Tenn              .     .     .    .    .

Check these against my images from the Carter County public library.

1840. 1850 and 1860 Federal Census of Carter County, Tennessee

The 1840 U. S. Census for Carter County, Tennessee at page 195, line 12, lists Mathia (Mathias) Van Huss, wife and seven  children. The names and ages of other family members are not given. One child was Valentine.

The U.S. Census of 1850 for Carter County, Tennessee (at page 172, beginning at lines 25) enumerates the family of Valentine and Lucinda H. Van Huss. Valentine, age 23, farms 100 acres. He is married to Lucinda and they have three young children - James, Isaac, and Daniel, ages four, three, and two. Robert Van Huss' grandfather John Finley Van Huss is not yet born.

Ten years later, the 1860 Census for Carter County, Tennessee again lists the family of Valentine and Lucinda Van Huss. The family still farms near the little town of Elizabethton. The census gives Valentine's age as 42, and the ages of the three older children as 14, 12, and 10. In addition, there are four other children Susannah, Matilda, Robert, and one-year-old John. Valentine through hard work now owns 300  acres of farm land.

Tour Elizabethton and Carter County online. The municipal golf course of Elizabethton, Tennessee is located on Buck Van Huss Drive.

Carter County prides itself as the first permanent settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.Carter County was a part of the Transylvania Colony settled as early as the 1760's. The area was explored by Daniel Boone, among others. Carter County today is known for its beautiful scenery and the Appalachian trail which runs through the county.

Goodspeeds' History of Tennessee - Carter County - 1887 gives a good history of the early history of the people who settled Carter County.