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Robert Anderson (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1820-02-16 d. 1888-01-13

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Amanda M. Edwards Anderson in Woodford County, Kentucky, on April 10, 1849. Father of Alphonso Anderson, William H. Anderson, Millard Anderson, Thomas Anderson, Henrietta Anderson, and Nancy Anderson. Farmer in Trimble County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Trimble County in 1850. Farmer in Woodford County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1860. Owned Meril [Unknown] in Woodford County in 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trimble County, District 1, p. 420A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trimble County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, pp. 922-923.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County,

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn, p. 78B.

Kentucky Marriage Records (1783-1965), Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, KY, Woodford County Marriages, Film 000252321.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994058, Woodford County Births.

"Robert Anderson (1820-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 42923911, accessed April 26, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42923911.

Citation

Anderson, Robert. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197517 (November 12, 2026).

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