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Moses Black (Nelson County. Kentucky, hotel keeper and barkeeper)

b. 1791?

Nelson County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and barkeeper. Native of Ireland. Married to Jane Black. Father of Peter Black, David Black, and John Black. Married to Elizabeth Eliza King Black in Derry, Ireland, on May 13, 1839. Father of Catherine Black, Joseph Black, William Black, Elizabeth Black, and James Black. Arrived in Philadelphia on the Schooner Pilgrim on September 24, 1820. Resident of Nelson County in 1830. Owned two enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1830. Resident of Nelson County in 1840. Hotel keeper in Nelson County in 1850. Barkeeper in Nelson County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Kentucky, Nelson County. Bardstown, p. 139.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Kentucky, Nelson County, Northeast Division, p. 34.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 387A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, pp. 184-85.

Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Records of the United States Customs Service, 1745-1997; The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; RG 36; Series: M425.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, May 21, 1839.

Citation

Black, Moses. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204736 (November 12, 2026).

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