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Robert S. Russell (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, tavern keep)

b. 1810-11-18 d. 1873-10-04

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and tavern keeper. Kentucky native. Son of Lucy Russell. Married to Celia M. Russell. Father of Lucy R. Russell, Rebecca Russell, Samuel Russell, and Edward Russell. Farmer in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned ten enslaved persons in Muhlenberg County in 1840. Tavern keeper in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Tavern keeper in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, p. 336.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 222B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 599.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 93B.

"Robert S Russell (1810-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial 71473594, accessed November 7, 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71473594.

KYR-0004-033-0001.

Citation

Russell, Robert S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205000 (November 12, 2026).

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