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Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret M. Mercer. Father of Ann E. Mercer, Amanda E. Mercer, Tabitha J. Mercer, Fletcher Mercer, and Sylvester Mercer. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1850 and 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in 1850 and five in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 63. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 706. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 41. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 11. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, Hudsonville, p. 3.

Citation

Mercer, Elmore H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211533 (November 12, 2026).

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Martha E. Butler et al. to James F. Robinson

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