Charles M. Humston

Birth Date

1815

Death Date

1888

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Henry County, Kentucky, sheriff and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Susan Humston. Father of George Humston, Milton Humston, Thomas Humston, Lucy Humston, Ludlow Humston, Charles Humston, Oscar Humston, Susan B. Humston, and Orlester Humston. Farmer in Henry County in 1850. Farmer and sheriff in Henry County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 378A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 263.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 179A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Port Royal, p. 369B.
“An Act for the Benefit of C. M. Humston, Sheriff of Henry County,” Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the Session Which was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort on Monday, The Fifth Day of December, 1859, and ended on Monday, the Fifth Day of March, 1860 vol. 2 (Frankfort: Yeoman Office, 1860), 847.
"Charles Morehead Humston," Memorial 65710180, Find A Grave, accessed December 11, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65710180.

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