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Merritt Swinney (Meade County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1828?

Meade County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Polly Allen Swinney in Meade County, Kentucky, on November 25, 1844. Father of John Swinney, Susan Swinney, Amanda Swinney, E. F. Swinney, Courtney Swinney, Josiah Swinney, Merritt Swinney, Jr., and Maria Swinney. Farmer in Hardin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Meade County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, District 3, p. 378A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, p. 458.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, District 4, p. 335B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Meade County Marriages, Film 000390.

Citation

Swinney, Merritt. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281474 (November 12, 2026).

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