Person

Richard P. West (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1808-10-08 d. 1868-12-22

Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Ellena Burnside West in Garrard County, Kentucky, on January 30, 1827. Father of Joseph West, Ongisley West, Catharine West, Jemima West, Nancy West, Thomas E. West, James West, Eliza West. Farmer in Garrard County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Garrard County in 1850.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Division 1, p. 209A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Division 1, p. 45.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film #000183256, p. 474.

Find A Grave, "Richard P West (1808-1868)," Memorial #41963164, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41963164 (accessed May 4, 2020).

Citation

West, Richard P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204455 (November 12, 2026).

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