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Benjamin S. Griffin (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter)

b. 1802? d. 1867-12-31

Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter. Maryland native. Married to Harriet Beavin Griffin in Nelson County, Kentucky, on June 6, 1825. Married to Teresa Walker Griffin in Nelson County on December 27, 1830. Father of Harriet Griffin. Carpenter in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850.Carpenter in Louisville in 1858. Carpenter in Louisville in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Carpenter in Louisville in 1861. Carpenter in Louisville in 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 2, p. 162B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 4, p. 94.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 4, p. 270A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film 000481488.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film 000009666.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths.

Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 74.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 105.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 328.

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Griffin, Benjamin S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200177 (November 12, 2026).

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