Caroline Dement (Tennessee/Louisville, KY, enslaved person, contraband, cook, and domestic servant)
b. 1842?
Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Enslaved by John Dement in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Married to [Unknown] [Unknown], a contraband hired to work for Charles Levi in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1862. Fled as a contraband to Louisville in September 1862. Cook and domestic servant in the household of Willis Levi Jr., and Anna Levi from September 1862 to February 1863. Convicted of the murder of Blanche Levi in May 1863. Pardoned by Thomas E. Bramlette on September 24, 1863.
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- Sex
- Female
- Race
- Black
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Rutherford County, Browns Mill township, p. 58.
KYR-0001-020-0131.
KYR-0001-020-0134.
Citation
Dement, Caroline. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210547 (November 12, 2026).
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