Robert B. Speed

Birth Date

c1814

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Laura A. Speed. Father of Robert C. Speed, Emma Speed, Eugene Speed, William H. Speed, Clarence Speed, Earnest Speed, and John Speed. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Hopkins

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 49A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 697.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 589.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 209A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 176A.

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