Person

Hensley Grubbs Harris (Simpson County, KY, farmer)

b. 1804-11-26 d. 1893-11-23

Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Son of Elizabeth Harris. Married to Malinda J. Harris. Father of Elizabeth Frances Harris, Mourning Harris, E. Harris, Joseph Harris, Hattie Harris, John G. Harris, Amanda Harris, Hensley Harris, Jesse V. Harris, and Catherine "Kate" Harris. Farmer in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Moses Harris in Simpson County in 1850. Owned six 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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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 9B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 847.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 21.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 298A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Subdistrict 150, p. 111A.

Find A Grave, "Hensley Grubbs Harris (26 Nov 1804-23 Nov 1893)," Memorial #131478580, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131478580 (accessed September 21, 2020).

Citation

Harris, Hensley Grubbs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279689 (November 12, 2026).

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