Person

Josiah Berriger (Simpson Co. KY, farmer)

b. 1811?

Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Perlina Berriger. Father of William Berriger, Ann E. Berriger, David S. Berriger, and Catherine D. Berriger. Resident in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned three enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1840. Farmer in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned 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, Shelby County, p.112-3.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 8.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 296A.

Citation

Berriger, Josiah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279682 (November 12, 2026).

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