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Samuel Mansfield (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1820-05-15 d. 1865-11-10

Hart County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Huldah Ann Heatherly Mansfield. Father of John L. Mansfield, Thomas L. Mansfield, William Mansfield, Presley E. Mansfield, Elizabeth Mansfield, and Grace Mansfield. Farmer in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hart County in 1850. Farmer in Hart County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860. Killed by Ben Johnson in Hart County in November 1865.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, p. 206A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District 1, p. 776.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District 1, p. 133A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994038, Hart County Births.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 27910.

The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), November 14, 1865.

"Proclamation by the Governor. $250 Reward," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), December 5, 1865, p. 4.

"Samuel Mansfield (1820-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 93925045, accessed August 29, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93925045.

Citation

Mansfield, Samuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209364 (November 12, 2026).

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