Alpheus Palmer

Birth Date

1794-02-03

Death Date

1877-06-01

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Christian County, Kentucky, carpenter and farmer. Connecticut native. Married to Obedience Cavender Palmer in Christian County, Kentucky, on April 20, 1824. Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1830. Owned three enslaved persons in Christian County 1830. Resident of Christian County in 1840. Owned five enslaved persons in Christian County in 1840. Carpenter in Christian County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Christian County 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States(1830), Population Schedules, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 2.
Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States(1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 186.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 422B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 189.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 691.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 277A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film 001942963, p. 62.
Anne Allen Fleming and Betty Allen McCorkle, Riverside Cemetery: Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 1867-1997, (Melber, KY: Simmons Historical Publications, 1998), p. 225.

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