Person

William Richard Poe (Bracken County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1838?

Bracken County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Poe and Malinda Poe. Married to Amanda Kendall Poe in Bracken County, Kentucky, on April 20, 1864. Father of Margaret Poe. Attended school in Bracken County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in 1850. Farmer in Bracken County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in 1860. Farmer in Bracken County in 1863.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, p. 384B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Eastern District, p. 10.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Augusta, p. 173A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Bracken County, KY, July 1863, p. 331.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994029, Bracken County Deaths.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bracken County Marriages, Film 000344095, p. 17.

Citation

Poe, William Richard. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280995 (November 12, 2026).

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