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William H. Roberts (Harrison County, Kentucky, laborer and trader.)

b. 1831 d. 1920

Harrison County, Kentucky, laborer and trader. Kentucky native. Son of Benson Roberts and Mary Roberts. Married to Nannie M. Kimbrough in Harrison County, Kentucky, on April 11, 1861. Laborer in Harrison County in 1850. Household owned seventeen enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Trader in Cynthiana in 1860. Household sixteen enslaved persons in Cynthiana in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 170A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 437.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 581.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 122A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216896, p. 220.

"William H Roberts (1831-1920)," Find A Grave, Memorial #86475029, accessed January 26, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86475029.

Citation

Roberts, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280533 (November 12, 2026).

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