Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Frankfort, Kentucky, teacher. Virginia native. Married to Mildred C. Sayre. Father of Virginia Sayre and Elizabeth Sayre. Teacher in Frankfort in 1850 and 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 56; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 103.; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 15-6; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 37; The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, Ky.), "December 17, 1892, p. 1; Find A Grave, "B. B. Sayre (1810-1879)," Memorial #70371196, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70371196&ref=acom (accessed May 5, 2017).

Citation

Sayre, Burwell B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209733 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
W. L. Jermane et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-02-28

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