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Robert Elkin (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1794 d. 1874-04-24

Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary "Polly" Salter in Garrard County, Kentucky, on April 2, 1818. Father of Michael Elkin, M. Elkin, Margaret Elkin, Thomas Elkin, Osee Elkin, Martha Elkin, William M. Elkin, and A. B. Elkin. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1850. Farmer in Garrard County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 2, p. 281B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 18.

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

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film #000183256, p. 84.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994035, Garrard County Deaths.

Citation

Elkin, Robert. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202601 (November 12, 2026).

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