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Robert C. McChord (Washington County, KY, farmer)

b. 1825 d. 1905-08

Washington County, Kentucky, farmer. Washington County, Kentucky, native. Married to Laura H. Hynes McChord in Nelson County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1846. Father of Alfred McChord, William McChord, Robert McChord, John McChord, Mary McChord, and Charles McChord. Farmer in Washington County in 1850. Owned thirty-seven enslaved persons in Washington County in 1850. Farmer in Washington County in 1860. Owned forty-six enslaved persons in Washington County in 1860. Farmer in Washington County in September 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 233A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 34.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 1, p. 222.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 1, p. 462B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film 001929414, p. 152.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Washington County, KY, September 1863, p. 123.

"Robert C. McChord Dead," The Messenger (Owensboro, Kentucky), August 10, 1905, p. 4.

"Robert Caldwell McChord (1825-1905)," Find A Grave, Memorial 104206639, accessed November 19, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104206639.

Citation

McChord, Robert C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281350 (November 12, 2026).

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