Person

Benjamin Edmonds (Marion County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.)

b. 1797-02-06 d. 1866-06-26

Marion County, Kentucky, cobbler and farmer. Culpepper County, Virginia, native. Married to Sarah Merriweather Edmonds in Washington County, Kentucky, on July 13, 1822. Father of Elizan Edmonds, Milton Edmonds, David P. Edmonds, James A. Edmonds, Albert Edmonds, and Benjamin M. Edmonds. Married to Jane Bull Edmonds in Shelby County, Kentucky, on January 23, 1838. Father of Robert B. Edmonds, John L. Edmonds, Martha Edmonds, Sarah Edmonds, Amelia Edmonds, William F. Edmonds, and Joseph H. Edmonds. Cobbler in Marion County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Tom Ayer in Marion County 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Marion County in 1850. Owned Mary Elizabeth [Unknown] and Mary Eliza [Unknown] in Marion County in 1854. Farmer in Marion County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Marion County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, pp. 330A-B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 548.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 488A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994047, Marion County Births.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Washington County Marriages, Film #000241382.

Sharon Pike, "Benjamin & William Edmonds," in History of Marion County, Kentucky: Volume I, ed. The Marion County Historical Society, (New Hope, KY: St. Martin De Porres Lay Dominican Community, 2001), pp. 242-243.

"Benjamin Edmonds (1797-1866)," Find A Grave, Memorial #77462061, accessed May 16, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77462061/benjamin-edmonds.

Citation

Edmonds, Benjamin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197585 (November 12, 2026).

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