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Richard Kirk (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1825-07-26 d. 1869-10-05

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Sarah Kirk. Married to Martha A. Powers Kirk. Father of Ellen Kirk, Mary E. Kirk, Ben F. Kirk, Richard Kirk, and Edward Kirk. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Employed Major F. Powers as a laborer in Franklin County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 66B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 323.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Bridgeport, p. 52B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1847-1911), KDLA, Film #994027-994058: Franklin, 1853, p. 3 of 7 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, “Richard Kirk (1825-1869)," Memorial # 53893477, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53893477/richard-kirk (accessed March 1, 2021).

Citation

Kirk, Richard. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203440 (November 12, 2026).

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