1840 U.S. census, Morgan County, Indiana: Reed, Hollingsworth and Collins households

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• James Reed: 7 people, all free colored: a man 55-100, a man 24-36, 2 girls under 10, a young woman 10-24, a woman 24-36, a woman 55-100.
• Elijah Reed, free colored: a man 24-36 and two women 24-36. The first name should be re-read; it may be Elisha.
• Naaman Reed (“Nawarn” in the index), free colored: a boy under 10, a man 24-36, a man 55-100, a young woman 10-24, a woman 55-100. Re-read for a girl under 10.
• William Hollingsworth, free colored, entered under manufactures and trades: a man and a woman 55-100, a young man and a young woman 10-24, a boy under 10. Then Larkin Henson and James Henson, counted white; a second Hollingsworth; a second William Hollingsworth, counted white; Robert Asher; Burris Reed, counted white.

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• Randle Reed, free colored: three boys under 10, three males 10-24, a man 24-36; a girl under 10 and two women 24-36.
• John Reed, free colored: two boys under 10, three males 10-24, a man 36-55; a girl under 10, a young woman 10-24, a woman 36-55.
• Richard Reed, counted white: a boy 10-15, a man 40-50, a woman 20-30.
• Thomas Reed, counted white: a man 20-30, a woman 20-30, three girls under 5.
• A Reed whose first name may read “Stevin” (Stephen), free colored: four boys under 10, a man 36-55, one or more girls under 10, a woman 24-36.
• Solomon Reed, free colored: two boys under 10, a man 24-36, a girl under 10, a woman 24-36.
• Christopher Bolin, counted white.

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• Hiram Collins, free colored: 2 boys under 10, a young man 10-24, a man 24-36, 2 girls under 10, a woman 24-36. Very likely the same entry as the “Montgomery County, Indiana” Hiram in older notes.

The Reed households have no entries in the employment columns.