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David C. Peters (McCracken County, Kentucky, carpenter, grocery merchant, and justice of the peace)

b. 1813?

McCracken County, Kentucky, carpenter, grocery merchant, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Malinda Peters. Father of Mary E. Peters and William Andrew Peters. Resident engaging in manufacture and trades in McCracken County, Kentucky, in 1840. Carpenter in McCracken County in 1850. Grocery merchant in McCracken County in 1860. Employed Bridget Humphries as a servant in McCracken County in 1860. Justice of the peace in McCracken County in 1862. Justice of the peace in McCracken County in 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, p. 93.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah and Suburbs, p. 138B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 894.

KYR-0001-031-0031.

KYR-0001-007-0648.

Citation

Peters, David C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200832 (November 12, 2026).

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