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Robert Nicholas Winn (Clark County, Kentucky, banker)

b. 1818 d. 1901

Clark County, Kentucky, banker. Clark County, Kentucky, native. Son of Philip B. Winn. Married Mary Jane Brassfield Winn. Father of Eliza S. Winn, Philip B. Winn, James Winn and Molly Winn. Deputy sheriff in Clark County, Kentucky. Resident of Clark County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Clark County in 1850. Banker in Clark County in 1860. Partner with William Winn and James Simpson in the Deposit Bank of Winn, Simpson & Co. in Clark County. Owned three enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860. Confirmed as a notary public in Clark County on February 5, 1861.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 25A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 313.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester District 2, p. 872.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester District 2, p. 346B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, p. 132A.

Harry B. Enoch, Where in the World?: Historic Places in Clark County, Kentucky (Winchester, Ky.: Bluegrass Heritage Museum, 2007), 139.

KYR-0001-017-0035.

KYR-0001-017-0062.

Citation

Winn, Robert Nicholas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198093 (November 12, 2026).

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