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Samuel F. Roberts (Kenton County, KY, farmer and sheriff)

b. 1823 d. 1881

Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer. Montgomery County, Maryland, native. Son of Henry Roberts and Ellen Roberts. Married to Mary E. Butcher Roberts in Kenton County on February 25, 1856. Father of Ellen "Nellie" Roberts and Rebecca Roberts. Laborer in Kenton County in 1850. Farmer in Kenton County in 1860. Sheriff of Kenton County from 1861 to 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, p. 188A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District 1, p.491.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Coker, p. 296B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058: Kenton County Marriages, p. 13.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 143.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 139.

Find A Grave, "Samuel F. Roberts (1823-1881)," Memorial 98755658, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98755658/samuel-f_-roberts (accessed April 7, 2020).

Citation

Roberts, Samuel F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203982 (November 12, 2026).

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