Person

Caswell Carter (Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1798-07-07 d. 1883-05-28

Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Lavinia Carter. Father of C. Carter, N. Carter, Permelia F. Carter, William Carter, and Benjamin Carter. Farmer in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1850. Farmer in Simpson County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 59B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 881.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 297B.

Find A Grave, "Caswell Carter (7 Jul 1798-28 May 1883)," Memorial #49718810, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49718810 (accessed September 8, 2020).

Citation

Carter, Caswell. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279659 (November 12, 2026).

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