Alexander Blain

Birth Date

1808-01-25

Death Date

1886-03-05

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Mary Blain. Father of Erasmus Blain, James Blain, Thomas Blain, Robert Blain, Jesse Blain, Lucy V. Blain, Alice B. Blain, Sophia Blain, Napoleon Blain, Melissa Blain, and Pamela Blain. Farmer in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 298B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Pollards Tan Yard, p. 157.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Pollards Tan Yard, p. 217A.
"Alexander Blain (1808-1886)," Memorial #75718161, Find A Grave, accessed July 15, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75718161.

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