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Robert C. Blakey (Simpson Co. and Warren Co. KY, saddler and tanner)

b. 1811?

Simpson County, Kentucky, saddler and tanner. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Starke Blakey in Warren County, Kentucky, on December 24, 1833. Married to Frances Ann Flurry Blakey in Warren County on January 7, 1839. Father of Anne E. Blakey, Margaret C. Blakey, Carissa P. Blakey, and James H. Blakey. Married to Mary Blakey. Father of Eliza L. Blakey. Resident in Warren County in 1840. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Warren County in 1840. Saddler in Warren County in 1850. Employed D. B. Johnston and Jesse C. Beck as saddlers in Warren County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Warren County in 1850. Boss tanner in Simpson County in 1860. Employed James H. Terry as a harness maker, and James McCarley and George Granger as apprentice tanners in Simpson County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Simpson County in 1860. With J. C. Wilkins, operating as Wilkins & Blakey, owned one enslaved person in Simpson County in 1860. Employed one enslaved person in Simpson County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, p. 34-5.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 220.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 475.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin, p. 138-9.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin, p. 308B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000339890, p. 14.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000164003, p. 151 (accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

Blakey, Robert C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279669 (November 12, 2026).

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