Person

Elisha Isaacs, Sr. (Marion County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1795? d. 1880-05

Marion County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Lawless Isaacs in Washington County, Kentucky, on March 5, 1813. Father of Elizabeth Isaacs Gearhart, Nancy Isaacs Thornton, John Edward Isaacs, Elisha Isaacs, Jr., and Susan Isaacs. Farmer in Marion County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Marion County in 1850. Farmer in Marion County in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Marion County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 423B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, p. 659.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 691.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 494A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Bradfordsville, p. 13B-14A.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, p. 753.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Washington County Marriages, Film #007730867.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Marion County Wills, vol. 1-4, 1863-1949, p. 303-304.

Citation

Isaacs, Elisha, Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207685 (November 12, 2026).

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