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Joseph T. Roberts (Owen County, Ky, merchant and CSA soldier)

b. 1824?

Owen County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Roberts. Married to Martha Roberts. Father of Gabriel Roberts, Willis K. Roberts, Elizabeth E. Roberts, and Sallie Roberts. Merchant in Owen County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Owen County in 1850. Merchant in Owen County in 1860. Owen one enslaved person in Owen County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (C.S.A.) as a private from September 5, 1862. Reported as deserted on October 14, 1862.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 223A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, Owenton, p. 223.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, Owenton, p. 282B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 431.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 182A.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0112.

Citation

Roberts, Joseph T.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198144 (November 12, 2026).

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