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Lewis Read (LaRue County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1787-01-05 d. 1863-06-26

LaRue County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Alsey M. Brown Read in Hardin County, Kentucky, on June 24, 1813. Father of James B. Read, Nathaniel F. Read, Nannie Read, Charles E. Read, Lewis M. Read, Joseph Read, Mary Jane Read, Joshua Read, Wesley Read, Bennie S. Read. Farmer in LaRue County in 1850. Owned five enslaved people in LaRue County in 1850. Farmer in LaRue County in 1860. Owned five enslaved people in LaRue County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, LaRue County, Hamiltons, p. 457B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Larue County, p. 34.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Larue County, p. 328B-329A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hardin County Marriages, Film 000390788, p. 10.

"Bennie S. Read (1839-1839)," Find A Grave, Memorial 120769172, accessed September 19, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120769172.

"Lewis Read (1787-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial 111068468, accessed September 19, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111068468.

"Nannie S. Read (1823-1843)," Find A Grave, Memorial 120772859, accessed September 19, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120772859.

"Nathaniel F. Read (1821-1843)," Find A Grave, Memorial 120770366, accessed September 19, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120770366.

Citation

Read, Lewis. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209988 (November 12, 2026).

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