Benjamin C. Grider

Birth Date

1826-04-10

Death Date

1872-02-09

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Warren County, Kentucky, resident, attorney, and soldier. Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky native. Son of Henry Grider and Rachael Grider. Married to Fanny R. Underwood Grider in Warren County on May 31, 1853. Father of Warner Grider, Loving Grider, and Buck Grider. Resident in Warren County in 1850. Attorney in Warren County in 1860. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (USA) as a Colonel from November 26, 1861 to February 7, 1863. Resigned on February 7, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Second District, p. 76A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 863.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 440B-441A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, p. 35B.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 790.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, p. 135 of 495 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Find A Grave, "Benjamin Covington Grider (Apr. 10, 1826-Feb. 9, 1872)," Memorial #129857305 , http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129857305 (accessed August 11, 2020).

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