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Oldham County, Kentucky, laborer. Kentucky native. Laborer in Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Oldham County in 1850. Resident of Oldham County in 1862.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 145A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 355.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Brownsboro, p. 16B.

KYR-0001-020-1870.

Citation

Benson, William C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199885 (November 12, 2026).

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John M. Ross et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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