Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Daviess County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Priscilla Lancaster. Father of Nicholas Lancaster, Ellen Lancaster, Frances Lancaster, William Lancaster, George Lancaster, and Louisa Lancaster. Farmer in Daviess County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Daviess County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Daviess County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lancaster County, District 1, p. 413A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 842.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 392B.

Citation

Lancaster, Nicholas Miles. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210973 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
Nathaniel C. McLean to Beriah Magoffin
1861-03-20

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