Person

Richard King, Sr. (Harrison Co., KY, farmer)

b. 1797-10-12 d. 1879-11-21

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Cynthia Crawford King on December 31, 1818. Father of Richard King, George Ann King, George W. King, Elizabeth King, Catherine King, and Van Buren King. Farmer in Harrison County in 1840. Owned eight enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1840. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 124.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 123A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 455.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County,Cynthiana, p. 164A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #6866.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #17948.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, 1794-1937, Film #000216892.

"Richard King (1797-1879)," Find A Grave, Memorial #93837169, accessed October 25, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93837169.

KYR-0001-017-0171.

Citation

King, Richard, Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203718 (November 12, 2026).

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