Person

Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller)

b. 1815?

Franklin and Owen County, Kentucky, miller. Massachusetts native. Married to Charlotte A. Ross Prentiss. Father of John R. Prentiss, Houghton J. Prentiss, and Cassia A. Prentiss. Resident of Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Miller in Owen County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 28A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 73.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 118B.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7019183, Fayette County Deaths, Certificate 718.

Citation

Prentiss, Luther S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212630 (November 12, 2026).

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