Lawrence County Slaveholders in 1860



Transcribed from microfilm by Marlitta H. Perkins , June 2001 and annotated.

    Listed are the name of slave holder and number of slaves

    John B. Floyd - 10 slaves
    Notes: former governor of VA; US Secretary of War; Confederate General

    Shepherd Curnutte - 3

    James M. Rice - 10

    Benjamin Turman - 1
    Notes: ferry owner at Buchanan

    David Kinner - 1

    Martha Carter - 6

    Nancy A. Peckenvill [?] - 7

    Samuel Short - 1

    John McHenry - 3

    R. W. Gobble - 7

    Pleasant M. Savage - 3

    Mary J. Allison - 3

    Evan Burk - 5

    Greenville Lackey - 3

    Mary Durney - 2

    John N. See - 2

    David See - 1

    Michael See - 2

    Oliver Buckhannon - 2

    George W. Gallup - 1
    Notes: Commander 14th KY Inf. [US], Union General

    Thomas Wallace - 6

    Laban T. Moore - 2
    Notes: 1st Colonel of the 14th KY Inf. [US]; US Congressman

    Neri Swetnam - 5

    William N. Benington - 2

    Manning Kise - 2

    Aresbolan [?] Bowers - 6

    M. B. Gobble - 2

    William F. Moore - 2

    James Bartrum - 1
    Notes: Captain, 14th KY Inf. [US]

    Elepha Maynard - 1

    Samuel Frasher - 2

    Lazarus Vinson - 1

    Edmund Smith - 4

    Ulisees Garred - 6

    David W. Garred - 2

    George R. Burgess - 12

    Lucy A. Johns - 14
    Notes: Lucy Ann 'Harriford' Hereford b: October 12, 1827 in Virginia d: November 24, 1892 in Harold, Floyd Co., KY, d/o James Henry Hereford and Meriba Ratliff, w/o Harrison "Harry" Johns. Her brother James H., a lawyer by trade, volunteered in the 5th KY Inf. [CS]

    A total of 37 slave holders and 143 slaves in Lawrence Co. in 1860.


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