Person

Newman Estes (Caldwell County, Kentucky, grocery merchant)

b. 1805?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, grocery merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine Adamson Estes in Christian County, Kentucky, in January 1830. Father of John Estes, Nancy E. Estes, Alex Washington Estes and Sarah C. Estes. Stonemason in Christian County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Grocery merchant in Princeton in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 435A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 8.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 109.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #000465562, p. 124.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 02, Caldwell County, Kentucky, 1864.

Citation

Estes, Newman. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211311 (November 12, 2026).

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