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Harry Innes Todd (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant, sheriff, and lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary)

b. 1818-09-06 d. 1891-05-12

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, merchant, sheriff, and lessee of the Kentucky State Penitentiary. Franklin County, Kentucky, native. Son of John H. Todd and Maria K. Innes. Married Jane B. Davidson Todd in Franklin County, Kentucky, on August 20, 1839. Father of Harriet D. Todd, Ann J. Todd, John H. Todd, Chapman Todd, Harry J. Todd, Julia R. Todd, Maria C. Todd, George D. Todd, and Jenny Todd. Merchant in Franklin County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Elected sheriff of Franklin county in 1859. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Lessee of the Kentucky State Penitentiary from 1863 to 1871.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 56A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United states (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 394.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 140B.

“Capt. Todd Dead,” The Frankfort Roundabout (KY), May 16, 1891, p. 5.

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 78678, State 2859.

"Harry Innes Todd (1818-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial 61964201, accessed June 29, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61964201.

Citation

Todd, Harry Innes. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200450 (November 12, 2026).

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