Census records of 1820 to 1840 (Blair is part of Huntingdon and Bedford counties)
1820 Census
According to the 1820 Census, 11 African Americans lived in Williamsburg 11 African Americans lived in Frankstown Township and 8 African Americans lived in Frankstown.
A total of 40 African Americans lived in this part of Huntingdon home in 1820
1830 Census
14 African Americans lived in Williamsburg and 12 African Americans lived in Woodbury Township.
17 African Americans lived in Frankstown Township
A total of 48 African Americans lived in this part of Huntingdon home in 1830
Add to the above thirty-one colored persons for Hollidaysburg and one for Gaysport, and we have a total of twelve hundred and nine.” (1835 enumeration, pg. 63)
1840 Census
A total of 161 African Americans lived in this part of Huntingdon; 89 lived in Hollidaysburg, 26 in Antis Township home, Tyrone Township has 14 African American residents and Williamsburg has 17
1846 is the year that Blair County was formed out of the two former counties of Huntingdon and Bedford.
Levi Gates (colored) was listed on the Hollidaysburg 1846 tax roll. He is assessed as owing $200 worth of property. (pg.65). He was a Methodist minister and was also listed in the Bedford Gazette.
History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties. J. Simpson African, 1883. Philadelphia: Louis H. Evarts.
1850 Census
260 African Americans lived in Blair County; 141 in Hollidaysburg; 19 in Gaysport; 23 in Allegheny Township; 19 in Blair Township; 24 lived in the “Morrision Cove” area of Blair County (N. Woodbury, Huston, Woodbury, Martinsburg); 10 live in Williamsburg.
The Altoona Tribune of Dec. 30, 1858 stated that 168 people of color resided in Hollidaysburg. The total population of Hollidaysburg was 3,175 at that time.
The Altoona Tribune of Dec. 30, 1858 stated that 168 people of color resided in Hollidaysburg. The total population of Hollidaysburg was 3,175.
1860 Census
283 African Americans lived in Blair County, out of a population of 27,829
The Altoona Tribune’s archives of Sept 21, 1882, pg. 2