Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Alexander Blain and Mary Blain. Student in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Caldwell County in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 298B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Pollards Tan Yard, p. 157.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Pollards Tan Yard, p. 217A.

Citation

Blain, Jesse. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203222 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
George D. McGowan et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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