Person

Benjamin Bell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney)

b. 1837?

Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney. Illinois native. Son of Martha Fry Bell and David Bell. Student in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Attorney in Boyle County in 1863. County attorney in Boyle County in 1864.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 363A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 596.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Boyle County, KY, August 1863, p. 2.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, 1800-1808, Film #000191843.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Boyle County Administrators Bonds, 1852-1956, vol. 2-6, p. 189.

KYR-0001-004-1099.

Citation

Bell, Benjamin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199040 (November 12, 2026).

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