Person

Willis F. Martin (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1828-09-17 d. 1868-08-19

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Robert E. Martin and Elizabeth E. Martin. Married to Jemima Nooe Martin in Mercer County, Kentucky in January 1856. Father of Charles E. Martin and Mollie Martin May. Resident of Clark County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860. Household held an additional eight enslaved persons in trust for R. Martin in Clark County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 3B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 261.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 868.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 345A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 674.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film 000191863.

"Willis F. Martin (1828-1868)," Find A Grave, Memorial 25033766, accessed April 13, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25033766.

Citation

Martin, Willis F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204789 (November 12, 2026).

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