Person

Peter Farthing (Montgomery County, Tennessee, farmer)

b. 1823-09-11 d. 1890-09-22

Montgomery County, Tennessee, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Holland Farthing in Robertson County, Tennessee, on January 10, 1846. Father of Marcellus Farthing, Silvester Farthing, S. E. Farthing, Vianna Farthing, and H. E. Farthing. Farmer in Robertson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Montgomery County, Tennessee, in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Robertson County, District 2, p. 13B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Montgomery County, Clarksville, p. 402.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Lindles Precinct, p. 309B.

"Peter Farthing (1826-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial 25793965, accessed January 3, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25793965.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Robertson County, 1878 - 1886: Marriages 3, p. 132.

Citation

Farthing, Peter. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281390 (November 12, 2026).

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