William Robertson Bacon

Birth Date

1813

Death Date

1888

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Franklin County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Judith Ann Bacon. Father of Anne C. Bacon, Belle Bacon, Sallie Bacon, and Harry Bacon. Carpenter in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Carpenter in Franklin County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Household owned an additional five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 43B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 389.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 153B.
"William Robertson Bacon (1813-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 138441513, accessed April 26, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138441513.

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