Person

Samuel Short (Lawrence County, Kentucky, merchant and county court judge )

b. 1812 d. 1883

Lawrence County, Kentucky, merchant and county court judge. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Rice Short in Lawrence County, Kentucky, on September 11, 1845. Merchant in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Lawrence County in 1850. Merchant in Lawrence County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Lawrence County in 1860. County court judge in Lawrence County in 1861. County court judge in Lawrence County in 1862.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 86 A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 170.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 654.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 333.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 282B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lawrence County Marriages, Film #007734967, p. 3.

"Judge Samuel Short (1812-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial #133170627, accessed December 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133170627.

KYR-0001-017-0426.

KYR-0001-020-1056.

Citation

Short, Samuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201816 (November 12, 2026).

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