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Alexander Black (Knox County, Kentucky, laborer and merchant)

b. 1833-01-27 d. 1926-03-24

Knox County, Kentucky, laborer and merchant. Kentucky native. Son of John C. Black and Clarissa Black. Married to Mary Jane Smith Black in Knox County, Kentucky, on February 23, 1865. Father of Elizabeth Black. Laborer in Knox County in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Knox County in 1850. Merchant in Laurel County, Kentucky, in 1863.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 389A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 135.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Subdivision 93, p. 429B.

"Alexander "Alex" Black (1833-1926)," Find A Grave, Memorial #73504365, accessed January 28, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73504365.

"An Act for the Benefit of Samuel Black and Isaac J. Black," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (Frankfort, Ky.: John B. Major, State Printer, 1861-1863), 218.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Laurel County, KY, June 1863, p. 38.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994044, Knox County Marriages, p. 189.

Citation

Black, Alexander. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211922 (November 12, 2026).

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