Robert S. McReynolds

Birth Date

1805-02-08

Death Date

1885-08-13

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Father of William F. McReynolds. Married to Mary John Greyson Reynolds in Christian County on June 16, 1841. Father of Emma McReynolds and Ella R. McReynolds. Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Christian County 1840. Farmer in Christian County in 1850. Owned forty-five enslaved persons in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States(1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 218.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 455A
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 666.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 271A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film 000465562.
"Died," Semi-Weekly South Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, KY), August 18, 1885, p. 3.
"Robert Sheppard McReynolds (1805-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial 41674141, accessed July 14,2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41674141

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