Person

Elam Roper (Hickman County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1818?

Hickman County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to J. P. Roper. Father of W. E. Roper, Thomas J. Roper, E. M. Roper, Albert Roper, and James S. Roper. Married to Ann Uhles Roper in Fulton County, Kentucky, on April 3, 1860. Stepfather of Mary J. Uhles. Father of Allen Roper and John S. Roper. Farmer in Hickman County in 1850. Farmer in Hickman County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, pp. 11B-12A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Moscow, p. 447.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Moscow, p. 478B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Fulton County Marriages, Film #000321403, p. 124.

Citation

Roper, Elam. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204918 (November 12, 2026).

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