Person

Rebecca Salsbury (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident. )

b. 1776? d. 1860?

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident. Georgia native. Married to Thomas Salsbury. Resident of Muhlenberg County in 1850. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Household owned seven additional enslaved persons in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Owned William Salsbury in Muhlenberg County in 1857.

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Sex
Female
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 272A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 97B-98A.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Muhlenberg County Wills, vol. 2-3, 1814-1877, p. 86-9.

KYR-0001-020-0178.

Citation

Salsbury, Rebecca. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206160 (November 12, 2026).

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