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Eli H. Blewett (Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1819-12-16 d. 1906-06-22

Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Tabitha Blewett. Father of John S. Blewett, Medora A. Blewett, Sarah F. Blewett, Amanda A. Blewett, Thomas R. Blewett, and Robert E. Blewett. Farmer in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Simpson County in 1850. Farmer in Simpson County in 1860. Employed Decalb Breedlove as a farm laborer in Simpson County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 61A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 886.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 24.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 299A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Subdistrict 150, p. 110A.

Find A Grave, "Eli Harris Blewett (16 Dec 1819-22 Jun 1906)," Memorial #29215226, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29215226 (accessed September 8, 2020).

Citation

Blewett, Eli H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279658 (November 12, 2026).

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