Person

Samuel McRoberts (Rowan County, Kentucky, farmer and fugitive)

b. 1812?

Rowan County, Kentucky, gunsmith, farmer, and fugitive. Kentucky native. Married to Miranda McRoberts. Father of Elizabeth McRoberts, Barbara McRoberts, James McRoberts, Rebecca J. McRoberts, Aaron McRoberts, David R. McRoberts, Daniel W. McRoberts, Michael P. McRoberts, William McRoberts, Kerilla McRoberts, and Margaret McRoberts. Gunsmith in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Rowan County in 1860. Indicted for stealing horses in 1861. Fugitive from Lewis County in 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 339B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rowan County, Morehead, p. 613.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rowan County, Pine Grove, p. 132A.

KYR-0001-021-0017.

KYR-0001-021-0018.

Citation

McRoberts, Samuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208778 (November 12, 2026).

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