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Owen County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Emerine Dawson. Father of Eliza Dawson, John Dawson, Worth Dawson, Butler Dawson, Elizabeth Dawson, Martha K. Dawson, and Merit Dawson, Jr. Farmer in Owen County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Owen County in 1850. Farmer in Owen County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Owen County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 184B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 4.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 435.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 175A.

Citation

Dawson, Merit, Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211725 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Samuel Baer et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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