Person

Peter Abell (Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer )

b. 1802? d. 1875-07-07

Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer. Nelson County native. Son of William Abell and Ellen Abell. Married to Caroline Read Abell in Nelson County on October 26, 1832. Father of Anne Abell, Caroline M. Abell, William Abell, Peter Abell, and Mary Abell. Farmer in Nelson County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Farmer in Nelson County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 329A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 329A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 199.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 16.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 128.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film # 001929414 , p. 17.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film #000481488, p. 290.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll # 994050, Nelson County Deaths, p. 747.

Citation

Abell, Peter. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214363 (November 12, 2026).

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