Person

William Robertson Bacon (Franklin County, Kentucky, carpenter)

b. 1813 d. 1888

Franklin County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Judith Ann Bacon. Father of Anne C. Bacon, Belle Bacon, Sallie Bacon, and Harry Bacon. Carpenter in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Carpenter in Franklin County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Household owned an additional five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 43B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 389.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 153B.

"William Robertson Bacon (1813-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 138441513, accessed April 26, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138441513.

Citation

Bacon, William Robertson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208396 (November 12, 2026).

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