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Alfred B. Dyer (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer, teacher, county clerk, and sheriff)

b. 1817-03-30 d. 1883-10-20

Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer, teacher, county clerk, and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah D. Holland Dyer in Trigg County, Kentucky, on January 11, 1843. Father of Rebecca E. A. Dyer, Marshall Ney Dyer, Isabella Dyer, Alfred Dyer, Mat Dyer, and Pearl Dyer. Farmer in Trigg County in 1850. Teacher in Trigg County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. County clerk in Trigg County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860. Sheriff in Trigg County in 1863. Sheriff of Trigg County in1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 325A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 259.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 187.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 373B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 49B.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1864), 227.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 93.

"Alfred B. Dyer (1817-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial #107376540, accessed January 20, KYR-0001-004-0455.

Citation

Dyer, Alfred B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207436 (November 12, 2026).

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