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Robert S. Carpenter (Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1827-03-22 d. 1879-11-20

Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Carpenter and Isabella Carpenter. Married to Martha Yager Carpenter in Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1847. Father of Janet Carpenter and Erasmus Carpenter. Farmer in Oldham County in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1850. Resident of Oldham County in 1860. Household owned five enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 148B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 889.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 169A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, Film 000482448.

"Robert S. Carpenter (1827-1879)," Find A Grave, Memorial 160026355, accessed February 28, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160026355.

Citation

Carpenter, Robert S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202460 (November 12, 2026).

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