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Felix G. Matheny (Mercer County, Ky, farmer)

b. 1807-02-09 d. 1879-03-29

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Elvina MacCoun Matheny in Mercer County, Kentucky, in January 1829. Father of Samuel Matheny, James H. Matheny, William Matheny. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Employed F. Grundy as a farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 259A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 835.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 782.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 58B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 581A.

Find A Grave, "F. G. Matheny (1807-1879)," Memorial #131383961, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131383961/f.g.-matheny (accessed July 9, 2021).

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191851.

Citation

Matheny, Felix G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213625 (November 12, 2026).

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