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Joshua Abney (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1805?

Estill County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah "Betsy" Griggs Abney. Father of William Abney, Singleton Abney, Synthia A. Abney, Asa Abney, Rebecca J. Abney, Martha Abney, Silas Abney, Speed S. Abney, and John King Abney. Farmer in Estill County in 1850. Farmer in Estill County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 73B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 149.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Irvine, p. 552B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #30543.

Citation

Abney, Joshua. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280400 (November 12, 2026).

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