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Charles Wesley Capps (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1836? d. 1902-04

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Caleb Capps and Martha Capps. Married Nancy Jane Elkins Capps in Clark County, Kentucky, on December 7, 1848. Father to Anna Capps, Pattie Capps, John Capps and Jessie Capps. Farmer in Clark County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Clark County in 1860. Household owned an additional eleven enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 2B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 260-261.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 818.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 336B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Audrain County, Wilson, p. 639B.

"Charles Capps Dead," Mexico Ledger, (Mexico, Missouri), April 16, 1902 .

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clark County Marriages, Film 001943687, p. 127.

Citation

Capps, Charles Wesley. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207630 (November 12, 2026).

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