Samuel Davies Blackburn

Birth Date

1807-05-14

Death Date

1868-06-06

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Warren County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth H. Blackburn. Father of Jeanne Blackburn, Kate M. Blackburn, Amanda Blackburn, Julia Blackburn, James Blackburn, and Mary Blackburn. Attorney in Warren County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned fifteen enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Attorney in Warren County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860. Nominated clerk of circuit court and county court in Warren County by the provisional government of Kentucky on December 29, 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 119.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 436-437.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 577.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 4.Find A Grave, "Samuel Davies Blackburn (1807-1808)," Memorial #37058345, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37058345 (accessed January 26, 2020.
KYR-0004-033-0038.

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