Person

Samuel E. Carpenter (Allen County, Kentucky, farmer and county court clerk proterm )

b. 1795-02-09 d. 1877-03-24

Allen County, Kentucky, farmer and clerk. North Carolina native. Married to Sarah Downing Carpenter in Barren County, Kentucky, on June 2, 1814. Father of Joseph D. Carpenter, Ann H. Carpenter Orr, Benjamin Carpenter, James Carpenter, Elizabeth Carpenter Hudson, Samuel Carpenter, Sarah G. Carpenter, and Mary F. Carpenter Dixon. Married to Sarah Jane Bryant Harland Carpenter in Allen County on October 31, 1857. Father of Dorinda Carpenter. Farmer in Allen County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-seven enslaved persons in Allen County in 1850. Farmer in Allen County in 1860. Owned twenty-nine enslaved persons in Allen County in 1860. Clerk of the Allen County Court in 1862.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, p. 132B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, p. 58.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, Puncheon District, p. 310.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, Puncheon District, p. 22A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, District 1, p. 160B-161A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Allen County Marriages, Film 005552462, p. 40-41.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Allen County Marriages, Film 004261077, p. 32.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Allen County Marriages, p. 46.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Allen County Births.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Allen County Marriages, p. 47.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Allen County Wills, vol. D-E, 1825-1902.

"Samuel Eaker Carpenter (1795-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial 59472983, accessed October 3, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59472983.

Citation

Carpenter, Samuel E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213196 (November 12, 2026).

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