Person

Ambrose Portwood (Mercer County, hotel keeper)

b. 1825-06-17 d. 1915-03-25

Harrodsburg, Kentucky, hotel keeper. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa Miller Portwood on December 23, 1848. Father of Armistead Portwood, John B. Portwood, Caleb D. Portwood, Willard C. Portwood, Emma R. Portwood, Jackson Portwood, and Lena H. Portwood. Hotel keeper in Harrodsburg in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Harrodsburg in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 11.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 3.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, District 1, p. 38.
Find A Grave, "Ambrose C Portwood (1825-1915)," Memorial #42759083, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42759083# (accessed September 1, 2018).

Citation

Portwood, Ambrose. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212006 (November 12, 2026).

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