Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

About

Barren County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy W. Cox Roberts in Barren County, Kentucky, on August 3, 1860. Father of William B. Roberts, John W. Roberts, and George Lee Roberts. Carpenter in Hart County in 1850. Farmer in Barren County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Barren County in 1860. Farmer in Barren County in 1864.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, p. 215B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 791.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 50A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Metcalfe County, Lafayette, p. 70A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Barren County, KY, February 1864, p. 131.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Barren County Marriages, Film #000216816, p. 11-12.

Citation

Roberts, Braxton W. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205899 (November 12, 2026).

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John Burks, Affidavit
1864-01-08

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