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Silas Babbit (Oldham County, Kentucky, manufacturer, mill wright, and stone mason)

b. 1804?

Oldham County, Kentucky, manufacturer, mill wright, and stone mason. Virginia native. Married to Rebecca Shaw Babbit in Oldham County, Kentucky, on November 24, 1825. Father of Mary Babbit. Married to Rebecca Ross Babbit in Oldham County on December 3, 1835. Father of Rachel Babbit, George Babbit, Catherine Babbit, Stephen Babbit, John Babbit, Lucy Babbit, and James Babbit. Married to Rebecca Babbit. Resident of Oldham County in 1830. Engaged in manufacturing and trade in Oldham County in 1840. Owned three enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1840. Mill wright in Oldham County in 1850. Stone mason in Oldham County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 273.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 160.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 149A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 898.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Brownsboro Precinct, p. 19A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, Film 000482442.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, Film 000482445.

Citation

Babbit, Silas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209746 (November 12, 2026).

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