NOTE: Apparently, there were no free persons of color living in their own house in 1840 Wilkes County. All heads of household listed below are white.
| Free Colored Males | Free Colored Females | |||||||||||||
| Dist. | Page | Head of Household | 0 - 9 | 10 - 23 | 24 - 35 | 36 - 54 | 55 - 99 | 100 - up |
0 - 9 | 10 - 23 | 24 - 35 | 36 - 54 | 55 - 99 | 100 - up |
| 164 | 248 | Gilbert, Richard | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| 164 | 248 | Plumb, David | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| 164 | 248 | Corbett, Eleanor | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 164 | 249 | Pope, John H. | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 164 | 249 | Lobdell, Elizabeth | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| 176 | 251 | Thompson, John D. | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| 167 | 254 | Bradford, Elizabeth | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| 167 | 254 | Pope, Wilie H. | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 181 | 255 | Carter, Reuben | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 181 | 255 | Wilkinson, John C. | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 181 | 256 | Stokes, Armstead T. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| 169 | 257 | Hackney, James T. | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 174 | 264 | Kendrick, Jones | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |