Jacob B. Beckner

Birth Date

c1791

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Father of Elizabeth Beckner, Joel Beckner, Calahill Beckner, James Beckner, Martha Beckner, Andrew Beckner, Isaac Becker, Alfred Beckner, and Catherine Beckner. Farmer in Franklin County, Virginia, in 1850. Farmer in Princeton, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Callahill Beckner as farm manager in Princeton in 1860. Employed J. Bicknell as a farm laborer in Princeton in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Princeton in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Franklin County, p. 77B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 57-58.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 221B.

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