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Lyon S. Kinningham, Sr. ()

b. 1796?

Clay County, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Married to Jane Kinningham. Father of Hugh Kinningham, Richard Kinningham, and James Kinningham. Married to Nancy Patterson Kinningham. Father of Lyon S. Kinningham, Jr., George Kinningham, and Mary Kinningham. Resident of Clay County in 1840. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Clay County in 1840. Farmer in Knox County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Knox County in 1850. Owned George [Unknown] in Knox County in 1852. Merchant in Clay County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 307.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 336A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 119.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Precinct 1, p. 165B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994044, Knox County Births.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 13046.

Citation

Kinningham, Lyon S., Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213870 (November 12, 2026).

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