Person

Benjamin S. Gardner (Caldwell co., ky, farmer )

b. 1832?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Francis Gardner and Amanda Gardner. Married to Sarah A. Glenn Gardner in Lyon County, Kentucky, on October 29, 1861. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Household owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farm laborer in Princeton in 1860. Household owned five enslaved persons in Princeton in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 389A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 810.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 41.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 223B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lyon County Marriages, Film #000321364.

Citation

Gardner, Benjamin S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204653 (November 12, 2026).

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