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Claiborne W. White, Sr. (Madison County, Kentucky, soldier and merchant)

b. 1796-07-06 d. 1863-03-27

Madison County, Kentucky, soldier and merchant. Virginia native. Married to Susan C. White. Father of Richard White, Patsy White, Claiborne White, Jr., Susan White, and Ann White. Served in Henry H. John Dixon's company of the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812. Merchant in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Madison County in 1850. Merchant in Madison County in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Madison County in 1860. Died in Madison County on March 27, 1863.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 203B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 419.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 456A.

U.S. War of 1812 Pension Index: Application Files Index, 1812-1815, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series M313, Kentucky, Application #22205, Certificate #17926.

"Claiborne W. White (1796-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial #23835224, accessed January 4, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23835224.

Citation

White, Claiborne W., Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204418 (November 12, 2026).

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