Claiborne W. White, Sr.

Birth Date

1796-07-06

Death Date

1863-03-27

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Madison County, Kentucky, soldier and merchant. Virginia native. Married to Susan C. White. Father of Richard White, Patsy White, Claiborne White, Jr., Susan White, and Ann White. Served in Henry H. John Dixon's company of the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812. Merchant in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Madison County in 1850. Merchant in Madison County in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Madison County in 1860. Died in Madison County on March 27, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 203B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 419.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 456A.
U.S. War of 1812 Pension Index: Application Files Index, 1812-1815, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series M313, Kentucky, Application #22205, Certificate #17926.
"Claiborne W. White (1796-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial #23835224, accessed January 4, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23835224.

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