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Caleb Tarlton (Johnson County, Indiana, farmer. Slaveholder in Fayette County, Kentucky.)

b. 1804-07-27 d. 1884-09-02

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Father of Charles Tarlton, William H. Tarlton, Margaret Tarlton, and Nancy Tarlton. Married to Mary A Crenshaw Tarlton in Scott County, Kentucky, on October 2, 1842. Father of Joel Tarlton, May E. Tarlton, Ellen Tarlton and Martha Tarlton. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer and justice of the peace in Fayette County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 182A-B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 356.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 447B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #000183225.

"Caleb Tarlton (1804-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial #61478726, accessed May 17, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61478726.

Citation

Tarlton, Caleb. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197728 (November 12, 2026).

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