Henry Pirtle

Birth Date

1799

Death Date

1880-03-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Jane A. Pirtle. Father of Alfred Pirtle, Ella Pirtle, James Pirtle, Jane Pirtle, Harriet K. Pirtle, and Elizabeth A. Pirtle. Admitted to the bar in 1819. Appointed Circuit Court Judge in Louisville in 1829 and again in 1846. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Jefferson County from 1840 to 1844. Appointed chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court in 1850. Chancellor of Louisville Chancery Court in Louisville in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Louisville in 1860. Employed one additional enslaved person in Louisville in 1860. Appointed chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court in 1862. Professor of constitutional law, equity, and commercial law at the University of Louisville.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 296A-B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 119.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 272B.
The History of Kentucky, Edition 8a (Louisville: F. A. Battey Publishing Company, 1888).

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