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Richard J. White (Madison County, KY, farmer and university curator)

b. 1827-12-15 d. 1894-11-06

Madison County, Kentucky, farmer and university curator. Madison County native. Son of Valentine M. White and Jane H. White. Married to Lucy Ann Taylor White in September 1846. Father of Valentine M. White, William White, Elizabeth White, and Richard White, Jr. Farmer in Madison County in 1850. Owned twenty-eight enslaved persons in 1850. Household owned total of thirty-one enslaved persons in 1850. Farmer in Madison County in 1860. Owned thirty-two enslaved persons in 1860. Household owned total of thirty-nine enslaved persons in 1860. Member of the board of curators of Kentucky University in 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 2, p. 256A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 2, p. 569 (p. 26 of microfilm).
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 390.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 448 (p. 23 of microfilm).
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Yates, p. 306B.
Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), Film #000183314, p. 970.
Find A Grave, "Richard J White, Sr (1827-1894)," Memorial #19964153, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19964153 (accessed December 7, 2018).
KYR-0001-009-0038.

Citation

White, Richard J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197788 (November 12, 2026).

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