Person

Benjamin Hart (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1786? d. 1867

Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Jane Harper Hart in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on November 13, 1825. Father of Benjamin F. Hart, John F. Hart, and Lucretia Hart. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1850. Owned at least two enslaved persons, including James, in Montgomery County in 1855. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 13B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County,District 1, p. 109.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 294.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 83B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000851644, p. 17.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994049, Montgomery County Births, p. 1.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Scott County Administrators Bonds, 1856-1891.

Citation

Hart, Benjamin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281235 (November 12, 2026).

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