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Walter R. Franklin (Frankfort, Kentucky, court clerk)

b. 1823-10-01 d. 1899-07-19

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, court clerk. Frankfort, Kentucky, native. Son of Massie R. Franklin and Elizabeth Franklin. Married Agnes L. Brawner Franklin in Franklin County on July 27, 1854. Father of Mary C. Franklin, Philip S. Franklin, Robert B. Franklin, and Walter M. Franklin. Clerk in Franklin County in 1850. Clerk in Frankfort in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Frankfort in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order in Frankfort.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 108B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 389.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 154B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages/Deaths.

"Death of Walter R. Franklin, Esq.," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), July 22, 1899, p. 1.

"Fifty-One Years a Mason," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), August 12, 1899, p. 3.

"Walter R. Franklin (1823-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial 59090826, accessed March 27, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59090826.

Citation

Franklin, Walter R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210409 (November 12, 2026).

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