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Moses M. Beard (Marion County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1817?

Marion County, Kentucky, farmer. Marion County, Kentucky, native. Married to Susan Simpson Beard. Father of Mary E. Beard, William Frank Beard, Samuel Beard, Josiah F. Beard, John E. Beard, George M. Beard, Edgar Beard, Quinton Beard, Thomas R. Beard, Moses Beard, and Stephen Beard. Farmer in Adair County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Adair County in 1850. Farmer in Marion County in 1860. Owned eight 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, Adair County, District 1, p. 2B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 13.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 671.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 492A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Bradfordsville, p. 7A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994047, Marion County Marriages, p. 613.

Citation

Beard, Moses M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208477 (November 12, 2026).

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