Robert A. Lavely (Nelson County, Kentucky, grocer)
b. 1820?
Nelson County, Kentucky, grocery merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah H. Marnell Lavely in Nelson County on February 9, 1847. Father of J. Flem Lavely, Sarah T. "Sallie" Lavely, William Lavely, Dan Lavely, Susan Lavely, and Alice Lavely. Grocery merchant in Nelson County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Grocery merchant in Nelson County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860. Grocer in Nelson County in 1863.
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- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 274B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 149.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 188.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 110B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, Bardstown, p. 70B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film #000481508, p. 351.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 4th Congressional District, Vol. 3, 1863, p. 112, p. 114 of microfilm, (Accessed via ancestry.com on May 4, 2020).
Citation
Lavely, Robert A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212226 (November 12, 2026).
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