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Vardiman Finnell (Boone county farmer)

b. 1812-03-21 d. 1897-01-02

Boone County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Finnell. Father of James B. Finnell, Robert L. Finnell, Susan F. Finnell, Martha Finnell. Farmer in Boone County in 1850. Farmer in Boone County in 1860. Employed James McCormac and Joseph M. English in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860. Served as Captain of the home guard in Verona, Boone County, Kentucky in 1861.

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Bibliography

Find A Grave, "Vardiman Finnell ( March 21, 1812 - January 2, 1897)," Memorial #80679440, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80679440 (accessedJune 26, 2017).
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boone County, District 2, p. 285
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boone County, Verona District, p. 232.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boone County, Verona District, p. 99.

Citation

Finnell, Vardiman. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197354 (November 12, 2026).

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