Person

Alexander H. Robertson (Petition signer in Fayette County, Kentucky)

b. 1820?

Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Kentucky native. Son of George Robertson and Ellena Robertson. Married to Eliza Dunlap Robertson. Father of Charles Robertson, Ellen Robertson, and Mary Robertson. Attorney in Fayette County in 1850. Household owned twenty-two enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Attorney in Fayette County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860. Judge of the Lexington City Court in 1861. Attorney in Fayette County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 210A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 659.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 551.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 460A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Precinct 6, p. 139A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910) , KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994033, Fayette County Births.

_Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308.

Citation

Robertson, Alexander H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197945 (November 12, 2026).

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