Henry Machen

Birth Date

c1776

Death Date

1861-04

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and gentleman. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Machen. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1840. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Gentleman in Lyon County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 30.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 312B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 832.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 665.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 410A.
Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Lyon County Executors Bonds, Vol 1, 1854-1919, p. 15.

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