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William D. Martin (Monroe County, KY, farmer)

b. 1801? d. 1877-09-04

Monroe County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Ann Sanders Martin in Sumner County, Tennessee, on October 27, 1825. Father of John Martin, Elizabeth Martin, James Martin, Ann Martin, Tompkins Martin, and Ellen Martin. Farmer in Monroe County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned thirty-three enslaved persons in Monroe County in 1850. Farmer in Monroe County in 1860. Owned sixty-one enslaved persons in Monroe County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, p. 452A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, p. 19.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, p. 119.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, p. 69B.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Sumner County, 1787 - 1838: Marriages 3, p. 135.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994049, Monroe County Deaths, p. 477.

Citation

Martin, William D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281092 (November 12, 2026).

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