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Jordan Peter (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1808-01-23 d. 1866-07-28

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Frances Sleet on March 9, 1829. Father of James A. Peter, Sarah A. Peter, Jesse C. Peter, Lucy A. Peter, Mallory M. Peter, Richard Peter, and Isabella Peter. Farmer in Boyle County in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 1, p. 329A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 1, p. 6.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 133.
Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. 000191852, p. 547.
Find A Grave, "Jordan Peter (1808-1866)," Memorial #84750134, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84750134# (accessed December 19, 2018).

Citation

Peter, Jordan. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199386 (November 12, 2026).

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