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David Barrow Denton (Barren County, KY, jailer)

b. 1811-11-02 d. 1876-06-04

Barren County, Kentucky, jailer. Kentucky native. Son of David Denton and Rachel Denton. Married to Elizabeth W. Hodge Denton on July 30, 1857. Father of Boon Denton, Mary Denton, and William Denton. Resident in Barren County in 1850. Jailer in Barren County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Barren County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 1, p. 327A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 751.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 2.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, p. 609A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Barren County Marriages, 1795-1869, Film #0000339890, p. 129 of 228.

Find A Grave, "David Barrow Denton (1811-1876)," Memorial #40393606, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40393606 (accessed August 21, 2019).

Citation

Denton, David Barrow. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209570 (November 12, 2026).

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