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Benjamin Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer & sheriff)

b. 1823-03-17 d. 1907-10-31

Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Son of John H. Botts. Married to Juliet E. Dorsey Botts. Father of Mary W. Botts, Henry Botts, John H. Botts, Anna Botts, Seth Botts, Amelia Botts, George W. Botts, and Juliet E. Botts. Farmer in Fleming County in 1850. Employed John Warrick as a farmer in Fleming County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1850. Farmer in Fleming County in 1860. Employed Joseph I. Dorsey, Charles Dorsey, and Michael Welch as laborers in Fleming County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860. Sheriff of Fleming County from November 4, 1862, to 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 274A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 5.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg (District 2), p. 635-36.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 8.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, p. 416A.

"Benjamin Botts (1823-1907)," Find A Grave, Memorial #74356386, accessed September 3, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74356386.

"Juliet E. Dorsey Botts (1823-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #74356430, accessed September 3, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74356430.

KYR-0001-004-0019.

KYR-0002-009-0021.

KYR-0001-031-0040.

Citation

Botts, Benjamin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212413 (November 12, 2026).

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