Person

Caleb Hitch (Pendleton County, Ky, enslaved man)

b. 1829?

Pendleton County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Mary "Polly" Ann Southgate. Father of John Hitch, Susan Hitch, and William Hitch. Formerly enslaved by Robert Hamilton Hitch. Enslaved by Mary "Polly" Ann Southgate, his wife, from 1859 to 1865. Resident of Pendleton County in 1859 and 1860. Resident of Pendleton County in 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
Black

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, p. 190A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, Falmouth, p. 408B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 20223.

KYR-0001-004-1722.

KYR-0001-020-0133.

Citation

Hitch, Caleb. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200437 (November 12, 2026).

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