Richard B. Carpenter, Jr.

Birth Date

c1824

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Covington, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. Vermont native. Married to Elizabeth A. Carpenter. Father of Julius Carpenter, Mary E. Carpenter, Nellie A. Carpenter, Lillie A. Carpenter, and Nannie R. Carpenter. Attorney in Covington, Kentucky, in 1850. Commonwealth's attorney for the 9th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. Investigated for bribery, embezzlement, and failing to appear at court in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 318B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston Ward 2, p. 54A.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Kenton County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 40.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350.
Report on the Committee of Circuits on the case of R. B. Carpenter, Esq., Attorney of the Ninth Judicial District, Legislative Document No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865).

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