David R. Meriwether

Birth Date

1812

Death Date

1885-01-30

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Franklin County, Kentucky, hotelkeeper. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Watson Meriwether. Father of Addison P. Meriwether, Mary L. Meriwether, David Meriwether, and Catherine E. Meriwether. Merchant in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Hotelkeeper in Franklin County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 107B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 253-254.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 491A-491B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 116B.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 23702.
"Uncle Davy Meriwether Dead," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), January 31, 1885, p. 2.
"David R. Meriwether (1812-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial 7040372, accessed May 2, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7040372.

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