Person

Finis McLean Allison (Butler County, Kentucky, lawyer)

b. 1829-03-04 d. 1886-04-12

Butler County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of John Adair Allison and Frances Watkins Allison. Married to Julia A. Burks Allison in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, on August 1, 1849. Father of Lucy Allison, Finis H. Allison, John Allison, Alice Allison, James Allison, and Naomi Allison. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Clerk in Morgantown in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Woodbury in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 272A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Butler County, Morgantown, p. 1007.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Butler County, Woodbury, p. 10.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, p. 449B-450A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County Marriages, Film #000557316, p. 54.

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Ky, Allison, National #7746, State #959.

"Finis McLean Allison (1827-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial #71451016, accessed June 30, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71451016.

Citation

Allison, Finis McLean. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211784 (November 12, 2026).

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