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Trigg County and Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Jeptha Griffith and Asenath Griffith. Married to Mary Jane Goodwin Griffith in Trigg County, Kentucky, on April 21, 1853. Father of Virginia Griffith and Emma Griffith. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Trigg County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Trigg County in 1860. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 362B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 94.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 94.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 152.

Citation

Griffith, Franklin W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200517 (November 12, 2026).

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William M. Wells et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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