Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Graves County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Levina Wilson Mahan on November 26, 1816. Father of John Mahan, James Mahan, William Mahan, and Elizabeth Mahan. Farmer in Graves County in 1850 and 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 2, p. 374. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 21. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 32. Jordan Dodd, comp., Kentucky Marriages to 1850, Livingston County, Kentucky, 1816.

Citation

Mahan, Samuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208124 (November 12, 2026).

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Charles Maleroy et al. to James F. Robinson

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