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Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Minerva Kirtley in Harrison County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1835.. Father of Mary E. Kirtley and America Kirtley. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 163B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 415.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 462.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 108B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216896, p. 38.

"Elijah Kirtley (1808-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial #43077012, accessed May 11, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43077012.

Citation

Kirtley, Elijah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210852 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
R. S. Holmes et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-11-04

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