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Matthew J. Cecil (Marion County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.)

b. 1811-04-06 d. 1865-05-07

Marion County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky, native. Son of Matthew Cecil and Sarah Howard Cecil. Married to Angila Hogan Cecil. Father of Sarah E. Cecil, Charles L. Cecil, Eulalia F. Cecil, John H. Cecil, Mary V. Cecil, and Emily M. Cecil. Married to Elizabeth Cecil. Resident of Marion County in 1840. Owned two enslaved persons in Marion County in 1840. Farmer in Marion County in 1850. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Marion County in 1850. Farmer in Marion County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Marion County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, p. 346.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 341B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 544.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 487A.

Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, eds. Mary S. Lockwood and Susan Riviere Hetzel (Washington, D. C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1891-1939) vol. XXVI: 1898, p. 212.

"Matthew Joseph Cecil (1811-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #26700821, Accessed September 1, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26700821/matthew-joseph-cecil.

Citation

Cecil, Matthew J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213619 (November 12, 2026).

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