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Tapley Farmer (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and butcher)

b. 1817?

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and butcher. Kentucky native. Son of Benjamin Farmer and Susanna G. Farmer. Married to Mary "Polly" Watts Farmer in Anderson County, Kentucky, on February 16, 1837. Father of Benjamin Farmer, Susan M. Farmer, Henry Farmer, Anna Farmer, and John Farmer. Farmer and butcher in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Owned George [Unknown] in Franklin County in 1859. Butcher in Franklin County in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 59B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 383.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 509B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Births.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Deaths.

Kentucky Marriage Records (1783-1965), Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, KY, Anderson County Marriages, Film 001550673.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Franklin County Wills, 1795-1880, pp. 87-88.

Citation

Farmer, Tapley. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209289 (November 12, 2026).

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