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William B. Roberts (Owen County, Kentucky, attorney and county court judge)

b. 1823-07-25 d. 1875-03-05

Owen County, Kentucky, attorney and county court judge. Kentucky native. Son of Willis Roberts and Letita Roberts. Married to Mary Ann Herndon in Scott County, Kentucky, on October 4, 1852. Father of Zach H. Roberts and William B. Roberts, Jr. Married to Susie Green in Owen County, Kentucky, on May 18, 1864. Attorney in Owen County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eight enslaved persons in Owen County in 1850. Attorney in Owen County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Owen County in 1860. Household owned an additional seven enslaved persons in Owen County in 1860. County court judge in Owen County in 1862. County court judge in Owen County in 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 215B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 429.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 160.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 178A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, Owenton, p. 258B-259A.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 304.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994051, Owen County Marriages.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994051, Owen County Marriages.

"William B. "Buck" Roberts (1823-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial #77184857, accessed January 29, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77184857.

KYR-0001-004-0469.

Citation

Roberts, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280562 (November 12, 2026).

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