1865 Farming Census
Clay Co., Kansas


Not a lot of genealogical information here, but it does give a good idea of the typical farms of the era in Clay County. There was an additional page that listed butter, cheese and molasses production, but the number of entries did not match up with the number of names, so it was omitted. This material is copyrighted and may not be used for any commercial venture or be copied in whole or part to another site without the expressed permission of the copyright holder; it may be freely linked, however.

Owner or Agent	Improved acres	Unimproved acres	Fenced acres	Horses	Mules	Milche cows	Oxen	Other cattle	Sheep	Swine	Wheat bushels	Rye bushels	Indian corn bushels	Oats bushels	Irish potatoes bushels
J. B. Quinby	35	125	35	4	*	14	*	24	*	5	10	*	*	100	*
William Todd	15	145	15	*	*	5	*	4	*	*	*	*	10	*	*
E. M. Kerby	85	70	15	2	*	5	*	10	*	*	30	*	200	250	*
A. J. Kane	24	130	40	4	*	4	*	6	*	5	60	*	300	*	15
David Gilbert	40	240	40	4	*	4	*	12	*	4	50	*	500	*	50
Fred. Kuhnle	70	90	75	4	*	10	*	8	*	4	*	*	400	12	40
Phillip Redman	16	144	14	*	*	3	*	3	*	2	15	*	200	*	60
Orvil Huntress	45	93	45	7	*	10	*	18	*	2	100	15	900	*	40
Lane Chester	33	127	33	1	*	2	8	2	*	6	40	*	200	*	5
William Kiser	20	200	20	1	3	15	5	30	*	2	50	*	400	*	40
Aaron Dexter	55	152	55	2	1	4	2	6	*	3	50	*	600	*	40
James Hemphill	50	100	100	5	*	12	*	32	*	8	200	*	500	*	5
Delos. C. Pierce	50	110	60	9	*	30	*	42	*	8	100	*	500	*	20
Jacob Mall	27	132	127	3	*	6	*	3	*	4	100	*	200	*	*
Sarah Scott	40	120	50	3	*	1	*	1	*	4	*	*	*	*	*
Lorenzo Gates	40	182	40	4	*	14	*	17	20	5	*	*	*	*	*
J. King	30	130	30	2	*	5	*	35	*	3	40	*	700	*	40
D. H. Myers	30	40	20	3	*	19	*	32	*	4	*	*	150	*	*