Person

Adam Calderwood Keenon (Frankfort, Kentucky, book binder)

b. 1799-05-15 d. 1883-03-26

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, bookbinder. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Clark Keenon in 1823. Father of John G. Keenon, Edgar Keenon, Elgitha Keenon, Uberto Keenon, Irene Keenon, Zenaida Kennon, Jon Kennon, and Roualeyn Kennon. First Public Binder of Kentucky in 1822. Farmer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Bookbinder in Franklin County in 1850. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Owned Joseph [Unknown] and Mary [Unknown] in Franklin County in 1855. Bookbinder in Franklin County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order in Frankfort.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 76A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 316.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 498A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, Court House, p. 61B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Births.

"Death of Mr. A. C. Keenon," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), March 31, 1883.

Citation

Keenon, Adam Calderwood. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211501 (November 12, 2026).

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