Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha A. Robertson. Father of Melinda C. Robertson, Eliza K. Robertson, John T. Robertson, Eugene Robertson, James R. Robertson, Mary L. Robertson, Martha D. Robertson, and Florence A. Robertson. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed George W. Ashby as a farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 135A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 604.

Citation

Robertson, Benjamin D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200406 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
F. S. Wicks et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-11

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