Francis M. Searcy

Birth Date

1823-11-01

Death Date

1903-11-18

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Madison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Malinda Brooks Searcy in Madison County, Kentucky, on February 13, 1849. Father of William A. Searcy. Married to Martha Searcy. Father of Effie Searcy and Mary Searcy. Miner in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Madison County in 1850. Farmer in Madison County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Madison County in 1860. Accused of murdering Woods Caperton in Madison County in 1861. Farmer in Madison County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New Mexico Territory, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe, p. 353B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 3, p. 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison, Division 1, p.289.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison, Division 1, p. 438A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Boone County, Missouri, p. 149A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000191851, p. 266.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Kentucky, Madison County, 1863, p. 142 (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Find A Grave, "Francis M. Searcy (1823-1903)," Memorial #33915994, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33915994 (accessed March 20, 2020).
KYR-0001-020-1430.

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