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Benjamin F. Berkley (Montgomery County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1808-10-27 d. 1881-10-14

Montgomery County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Isabella Berkley. Farmer in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1850. Postmaster in Montgomery County in 1855. Merchant in Montgomery County in 1860. Owned two 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. 18A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. .213.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 75A.

"Benjamin Franklin Berkley (1808-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 84886926, accessed January 12, 2024, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84886926.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Montgomery County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 145.

Citation

Berkley, Benjamin F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281430 (November 12, 2026).

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