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Preston M. Hildreth (Lyon County farmer)

b. 1815?

Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Minerva Jane Hildreth. Father of Francis M. Hildreth, James M. Hildreth, Sarah C. Hildreth, Elvira A. Hildreth, Alphonso Hildreth, John D. Hildreth, and Minerva J. Hildreth. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Lyon County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 338A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 742.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 415A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994046, Lyon County Deaths.

Citation

Hildreth, Preston M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202409 (November 12, 2026).

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