Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)
b. 1822?
Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Stewart. Father of Nathaniel Stewart, Marium Stewart, Elniline Stewart, and Elizabeth A. Stewart. Merchant in Grant County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Master commissioner in Grant County in 1860. Employed William Tulley as a laborer in Grant County in 1860.
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- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 361A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 112.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 989.
Citation
Stewart, Benoni. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198085 (November 12, 2026).
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