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Charles Lail (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

b. 1808? d. 1861-06

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Married to Louisa Ingels Lail in Harrison County, Kentucky, in May 1832. Father of Joseph W. Lail, John Lail, George Washington Lail, James B. Lail, F. M. Lail, Alvin H. Lail, and Edwin Ruthven Lail. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Harrison County at the time of his death in 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 124A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 394.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 500.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 111B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #4039.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216884.

Citation

Lail, Charles. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214917 (November 12, 2026).

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