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Samuel Lawler (Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1793? d. 1870-02

Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Lawler. Father of Samuel F. Lawler, N. Lawler, A. E. Lawler, M. E. Lawler, William H. Lawler, Finley Lawler, Mary Lawler, and Henry C. Lawler. Resident in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned seven enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1840. Farmer in Simpson County in 1850. Owned twenty-nine enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1850. Farmer in Simpson County in 1860. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1860. Household owned three additional enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 193.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 60B.

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. 133.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 307A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin Ward 4, p. 1406.

Citation

Lawler, Samuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279660 (November 12, 2026).

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