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Aaron Harding (Taylor County)

b. 1805-02-23 d. 1875-12-24

Green County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Campbell Harding. Father of John Harding, Samuel Harding, Sarah Harding, and Robert Harding. Married to Sallie A. Callendar Harding. Admitted to the bar in 1833. Commonwealth's Attorney in Green County from 1833 to 1839. Member of the House of Representatives for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Green County in 1840. Owned five enslaved persons in Green County in 1850. Attorney in Green County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Green County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives for the United States of American from Kentucky from 1861 to 1867. Member of the Democratic Party.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg District 2, p. 182.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, p. 201.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg, District 2, p. 630.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg, District 2, p. 77B.

“Harding, Aaron,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, accessed September 9, 2023, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000187.

Citation

Harding, Aaron. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200868 (November 12, 2026).

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