Nelson Alley

Birth Date

1801-10-10

Death Date

1882-09-21

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer. Kenton County, Kentucky, native. Married to Susan M. Ford Alley in Scott County, Kentucky, on December 12, 1842. Father of Eleanora Alley, Kate Alley, James Alley, and Lewis Alley. Grocer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Grocer in Frankfort in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Frankfort in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 53B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District 1, p. 236.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District 1, p. 488A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 146A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film 000183225.
"Death of Mr. Nelson Alley," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), September 23, 1882, p. 3.
"Nelson Alley (1801-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial 54073885, accessed November 14, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54073885.

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