Salinda Bennette (Jefferson County, Kentucky, confectioner and convict)
b. 1824?
Jefferson County, Kentucky, confectioner and convict. Kentucky native. Mother of John Bennette and four unknown children. Confectioner in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Convicted of assisting enslaved people to escape their enslavers in Jefferson County Court in 1863. Prisoner in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort in 1864.
Details
- Sex
- Female
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 540.
KYR-0001-004-0460.
Citation
Bennette, Salinda. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280505 (November 15, 2026).
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