Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Laura A. Speed. Father of Robert C. Speed, Emma Speed, Eugene Speed, William H. Speed, Clarence Speed, Earnest Speed, and John Speed. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Hopkins

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 49A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 697.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 589.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 209A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 176A.

Citation

Speed, Robert B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211190 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
F. S. Wicks et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-11

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