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Asa Richardson (Blandville, Kentucky, deputy constable and jailer)

b. 1809?

Blandville, Kentucky, deputy constable and jailer. Kentucky native. Married to Caroline Emily Richardson. Father of Mary Richardson, Louisa Richardson, William H. Richardson, Margaret Richardson, Asa S. Richardson, Sarah Richardson, Rubin F. S. Richardson, Virginia A. Richardson, Emily P. Richardson, and Charles P. Richardson. Jailer in Ballard County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Deputy constable in Ballard County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, p. 288A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, p. 129.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandville, p. 561.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandville, p. 34A.

Citation

Richardson, Asa. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200556 (November 12, 2026).

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