Person

Samuel Bridges (Barren and Allen County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1808?

Barren and Allen County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky, native. Married to Lucy D. Cowden Bridges in Allen County, Kentucky, on September 1, 1829. Father of William T. Bridges, Eliza J. Bridges, Mary M. Bridges, Jeremiah M. Bridges, Samuel J. Bridges, Joseph Ann Bridges, and Sally B. Bridges. Resident of Allen County in 1830. Resident of Allen County in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in Allen County in 1840. Farmer in Barren County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Barren County in 1850. Farmer in Allen County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States(1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, p. 53.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the Untied States(1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, p. 66.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, First Division, p. 769B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, First Division.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, Scottsville, p. 344.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Allen County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 15.

Citation

Bridges, Samuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212571 (November 12, 2026).

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