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Elliot [Unknown] (Daviess County, Kentucky, enslaved person and fugitive)

Daviess County, Kentucky, enslaved person and fugitive. Enslaved by Willis Field in 1862. Accused of murdering Willis Field in 1862. Fugitive in Indiana in 1863.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
Black

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 388A.

History of Daviess County, Kentucky Indexed by Thomas Humphrey (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1980), 301.

"Brutal Murder," The Evansville Daily Journal, (Evansville, Indiana), December 3, 1862, p. 2.

KYR-0001-029-0307.

KYR-0001-033-0033.

Citation

[Unknown], Elliot. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206367 (November 12, 2026).

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