The following information is a listing of the residents of the County Home in Putnam County taken from the 1860 census records. This information was given to me by Rita Harlan from the Local History Department of the Putnam County Library. Elizabeth White age 30 female born: Kentucky Insane John Coons age 50? male born Kentucky Meanness Mary Coons age 22 female born Kentucky Meanness John A. Roggers age 18 male born Kentucky Idiotic William Johnson age 18 male born Indiana Idiotic Samuel Kirkman age 14 male born Indiana Idiotic Margaret Landres (ers) age 14 female born Indiana Idiotic Lewis Jones age (illegible) male born Virginia? Idiotic Elisabeth Petty age 25 female born Kentucky Idiotic Malinda Robinson age 35 female born Kentucky (reason blank) Eliza Blake age 40 female born Kentucky Palsy Benjamin Nichols age 12 male born Indiana (reason blank) Andrew J. Black age 54 male farmer born Virginia (reason blank) Naomi Black age 37? female born Virginia (reason blank) Mary Black age 24 female born Virginia Insane Letey Black age 19 female born Indiana (reason blank) Ellen Black age 16 female born Indiana (reason blank) Robert Black age 14 male born Indiana (reason blank) Thursey? A. Black age 12 male born Indiana (reason blank) Joseph O'Neal age 28 male Laborer born Wisconsin (reason blank) Sarrah Clark age 25 female Domestic born NC (reason blank) Micajah Bange? age 35 male born NC Having Fits Solomon Hagin age 30 male born Kentucky Having Fits Margaret Hagin age 45 female born Kentucky St. Vitus Dance Mahala Johnson age 40 female born Kentucky Dropsy Michael Diggins age 35 male born Ireland Insane Joseph Miller age 30 male born Kentucky Insane Lemuel Ragle age 22 male born Indiana Idiot Rebecca Crooks age 30 female born Indiana Insane