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Samuel W. Black (Louisville, KY, farmer, merchant, and steamboat captain)

b. 1827 d. 1907-04-12

Louisville, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and steamboat captain. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Ann Williamson Black in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 21, 1848. Father of Martha J. Black, Stephen C. Black, Franklin P. Black, Charles A. Black, and John E. Black. Farmer in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Commission merchant in Henderson County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Henderson County in 1860. Steamboat captain in Louisville in 1865.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 251A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 7.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 970.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 225.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 212.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007130, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 245.

Citation

Black, Samuel W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210059 (November 12, 2026).

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