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Preston Beauford McGoodwin (Caldwell County, Kentucky, physician)

b. 1801-06-18 d. 1884-11-29

Caldwell County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Grace Machen McGoodwin in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on July 30, 1861. Father of Robert McGoodwin, William P. McGoodwin, Lucy Jane McGoodwin, and James McGoodwin. Physician in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Physician in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 343B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 779.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 25.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 225A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 512B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 31.

"Preston Beauford McGoodwin (1801-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial #180929152, accessed September 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180929152.

Citation

McGoodwin, Preston Beauford. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201186 (November 12, 2026).

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