Person

Samuel Bayless (Laurel County, KY, farmer)

b. 1809?

Laurel County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Basmath Peoples Bayless in Washington County, Tennessee, on November 16, 1826. Farmer in Laurel County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Laurel County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Laurel County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 45A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 416.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 331B.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Washington County, 1787 - 1948: Marriages 3, p. 204.

Citation

Bayless, Samuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281477 (November 12, 2026).

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