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Henry Bruce (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1804-11-30 d. 1880-04-03

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer. Boyle County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Pope Bruce in Garrard County, Kentucky, on August 14, 1829. Father of William Bruce, Martha N. Bruce, Thomas Bruce, Leonard Bruce, Alamander P. Bruce, Margaret E. Bruce, Hayden M. Bruce, Buckner M. Bruce, John M. Bruce, and Richard Dunlap Bruce. Farmer in Boyle County in 1850. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860. Held two additional enslaved persons as agent in Boyle County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 2, p. 351B-352A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 2, p. 578.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 859.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 147B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Precinct No. 4, p. 234A-B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #37749.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film #000183256.

Citation

Bruce, Henry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197304 (November 12, 2026).

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