Reuben Samuel Peters

Birth Date

1829-08-26

Death Date

1873-02-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Washington County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Nancie Patton Peters in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on October 6, 1857. Deputy clerk in Marion County in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Marion County in 1850. County court clerk in Washington County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Washington County in 1860. County court clerk in Washington County in 1862. County court clerk in Washington County in 1863. County court clerk in Washington County in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 326A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, p. 602.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 226.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 471B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 126B.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994057, Washington County Marriages.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 263.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Washington County, KY, Month 1863, p. 387.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1865), 12.
"Richard S. Peters (1829-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #136373022, accessed September 28, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136373022.
KYR-0001-031-0050.

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