Person

John C. Robertson (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1820-08-30 d. 1875-05-02

Trigg County, Kentucky, overseer and farm laborer. Virginia native. Married to Mary Ann Matthews Robertson in Christian County, Kentucky, on November 18, 1848. Father of Mary Elizabeth Robertson and Nancy E. Robertson. Married to Charlotte Matthews Robertson in Christian County, Kentucky, on November 28, 1860. Father of William W. Robertson and Richard L. Robertson. Overseer in Christian County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Christian County in 1850. Farm laborer in Trigg County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 441B.

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, Trigg County, p. 61.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Wallonia, p. 159A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film 001942963, p. 146.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film 007734826.

"John Carter Robertson (1820-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 52147514, accessed December 13, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52147514.

Citation

Robertson, John C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196915 (November 12, 2026).

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