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Sophia Barnett Alexander (Jefferson County, Kentucky, washerwoman)

b. 1811-12?

Jefferson County, Kentucky, washerwoman. Tennessee native. Married to Hezekiah Alexander, Sr. Mother of Sally Alexander White, Nancy Alexander Baker, Priscilla Alexander, Hezekiah Alexander Jr., and Mary Alexander. Resident in Meade County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident in Meade County in 1860. Washerwoman in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Female
Race
Mulatto

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, Kentucky District, p. 172A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, p. 454.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 46.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 15391.

KYR-0001-020-0397.

Citation

Alexander, Sophia Barnett. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280757 (November 12, 2026).

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