Person

John Corbin, Sr. (Henry County, Kentucky, retired farmer)

b. 1785?

Henry County, Kentucky, retired farmer. Virginia native. Married to Sidney Corbin. Father of John Corbin, Jr. Farmer in Henry County in 1850. Retired farmer in Henry County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Henry County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860. Household owned an additional four enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 364B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 582.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 424-25.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 190B.

Citation

Corbin, John, Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208427 (November 12, 2026).

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