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Green County and Hickman County, Kentucky, blacksmith and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Spillman. Father of Annetta W. Spillman, Sarah C. Spillman, Atlanta B. Spillman, John J. Spillman, Thomas R. Spillman, and Mary L. Spillman. Blacksmith in Green County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Robert Bailey and Alfred Richardson as blacksmiths in Green County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Green County in 1850. Farmer in Clinton in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Clinton in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 153B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 226.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Clinton, p. 523.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Clinton, p. 201A.

Citation

Spillman, Robert M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279886 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
R. W. Walker et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-01-20

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