Rowland Thomas Vories

Birth Date

1815-11-29

Death Date

1892-05-02

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Son of Peter Hamilton Vories and Maryland Lamb Vories. Married Nancy Garriot Vories. Father of John G. Vories, Peter H. Vories, William T. Vories, Rollin T. Vories, Jr., Nannie Vories, Lewis D. Vories, Emma J. Vories, and Iantha Vories. Farmer in Carroll County in 1860. Sheriff of Carroll County in 1861.

"An Act for the benefit of R.T. Vories, sheriff of Carroll County," in Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, September 2, 1861 through January 8, 1863, (Frankfort, KY: W. B. Hughes, Public Printer, 1861, 1862, and 1863), 13; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 59; Find A Grave, "Rowland Thomas Vories (1815 - 1892)," Memorial #25498726, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25498726 (accessed October 5, 2017).

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