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Stanley D. Bowers (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and member of provisional government)

b. 1808?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and provisional government representative. Tennessee native. Father of William Bowers. Married Julia Pepper Bowers in Robertson County, Tennessee, on June 3, 1846. Father of Demetrius L. Bowers and Mary C. Bowers. Farmer in Robertson County in 1840. Owned eight enslaved persons in Robertson County in 1840. Farmer in Robertson County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Robertson County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed William Bowers in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Reported as a member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840). Population Schedules, Tennessee, Robertson County, p. 205.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Robertson County, District 9, p. 72A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Robertson County, District No. 9, p. 221.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 35.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 222B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 35.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Dec 1878-1886: Marriages 5-8, p. 152.

KYR-0004-033-0001.

Citation

Bowers, Stanley D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202916 (November 12, 2026).

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