Person

Alexander Blain (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1808-01-25 d. 1886-03-05

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Mary Blain. Father of Erasmus Blain, James Blain, Thomas Blain, Robert Blain, Jesse Blain, Lucy V. Blain, Alice B. Blain, Sophia Blain, Napoleon Blain, Melissa Blain, and Pamela Blain. Farmer in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 298B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Pollards Tan Yard, p. 157.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Pollards Tan Yard, p. 217A.

"Alexander Blain (1808-1886)," Memorial #75718161, Find A Grave, accessed July 15, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75718161.

Citation

Blain, Alexander. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214298 (November 12, 2026).

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