Person

Robert A. Elgin (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1832-03-04 d. 1919-08-29

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas P. Elgin and Francis Hall Elgin. Farmer in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Farmer in Christian County in 1863.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 387B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 534-5.

Consolidated List of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Christian County, KY, July 1863, p. 15.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #22885.


Kentucky Marriage Records (1783-1965), Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, KY, Mercer County Marriages.

"Robert A. Elgin," _The Courier-Journal _ (KY), August 30, 1919, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101016334.

Citation

Elgin, Robert A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198768 (November 12, 2026).

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