Surnames, Polk County, 1860.
by Lisa Y. Henderson
The following surnames are found among free people of color in Polk County in 1860:
FREEMAN, HADEN/HAYDEN, HARPER, HENDERSON, HUNSINGER, INGLE, JOHNSON, MANER, PAIN, PRITCHET, REVIS, SEARSY, SYBLY and WILSON.
My Decks and Youngs were in Polk Co. The Payne line married into a Deck line. There were also Oxendine families.