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Matthew C. Portman (Lincoln County Merchant)

b. 1816-07-16 d. 1892-08-26

Lincoln County, Kentucky, merchant and hotel keeper. Casey County, Kentucky native. Married to Mary H. Portman. Married to Eliza Linsford Portman in 1866. Father of Josephine Portman, Kate B. Portman, Joel Portman. Merchant in Lincoln County in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1850. Hotel Keeper in Lincoln County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 1, p. 270A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 1 p. 228.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Stanford, p. 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Stanford, 338.
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
Find A Grave, "Matthew C. Portman (July 15, 1816- August 26, 1892)," Memorial #75517311, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75517311 (accessed January 25, 2019).

Citation

Portman, Matthew C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199428 (November 12, 2026).

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