Person

William C. Robbins (Graves County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1809-06-06 d. 1889-12-22

Graves County, Kentucky, farmer. Georgia native. Married to Mary Bryant Robbins in Christian County, Kentucky, on June 11, 1832. Father of William S. Robbins and Catherine E. S. Robbins. Farmer in Trigg County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Farmer in Graves County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 2, p. 336B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 11.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 51B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 185B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #000465562, p. 120.

"William Caple Robbins Sr (1809-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial #147440008, accessed June 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147440008.

Citation

Robbins, William C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209913 (November 12, 2026).

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