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• Fowler, Benjamin Piatt
• Arnold, Willis
  Willis Arnold lived in both Boone County and Gallatin County. He appeared in the 1850 census in Gallatin County with his three sons, George, Alfred and Samuel. He died intestate in 1855; his inventory and sale occurred in Gallatin County; subsequent probate documents were filed in Boone County.
• Acra, Polly
  Polly Acra was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Acra of Orange County, Virginia. She migrated to Boone County some time before 1830, with several of her siblings, other family members and the people they enslaved. Polly was never married. Her will was filed in 1842 in Boone County. Within it, she names six enslaved people she claimed interest in, along with her sisters Polly and Jane. Several of the enslaved people were purchased by the sisters from the estate of their father, while others were born to one of the enslaved women who were part of the estate.
• Acra, Frances
  Frances Acra was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Acra of Orange County, Virginia. She migrated to Boone County some time before 1830, with several of her siblings, other family members and the people they enslaved. Frances was never married.
• Acra, Reuben [2]
  Reuben was allotted an enslaved man named Peter in his father's 1819 will in Orange County, Va. Reuben Acra moved to Boone County some time after the death of his father. Several siblings and other family members also migrated.
• Mackey, James H.
  James H. Mackey, was a Physician and Surgeon. He lived briefly in Florence in the 1830s. He moved to Troy (Ohio) by 1840.
• Price, Theodore G.
  Theodore Price lived briefly in Boone County. He moved to Missouri around 1838.
• Brown, Clara Harlow
• Brown, Daniel
  Little is known about Daniel Brown, other than his appearance in Boone County tax lists in 1814-1815 and a brief mention of his role as a previous enslaver of Philip Miller, who later escaped from Fayette County enslaver, Richard Ashton.
• Trail, Willam Tomson
  William Trail was a Maryland native who only briefly lived in Boone County. He was named as "William Thrale, who lived near Burlington" in an escape ad placed in Fayette County in 1824. Trail was married in Boone County the year prior to the advrertisement.
• Hind, Hannah
  Hannah was enslaved by George Kite, along with her four children and other extended family, and was manumitted in 1825. She was kidnapped while living as a Free person in Butler County, Ohio in 1826, but was rescued through the efforts of her brother, Joseph Kite. Othe family members suffered the same fate.
• Cave, Uriel
  Uriel Cave lived in Boone County, Kentucky in the early 1820s. He moved his family to Clay County, Missouri sometime before 1830.
• Kite, George Windlecoit, Sr.
• Watts, John
  John Watts moved to Kentucky from Culpeper County, Virginia shortly after his 1788 marriage settling first in Fayette County, then in what would become Boone County around 1796. He was appointed an assistant circuit court judge of the Boone County Court in 1806 and served until 1815. His family moved to Dearborn County, Indiana in 1816.
• Porter, Thomas [2]
• West, Thomas
  Thomas West appeared only briefly in Boone County records. He was recorded in court orders in 1804, paid for one wolf's head and again in 1805, appearing as a juror.
• McCoy, Nancy Goodridge
• Stephens, Catherine
• Goodridge, Katherine Hinton
• Goodridge, Elizabeth Pitman
  Elizabeth came to Boone County after the death of her husband, George in Albemarle Co, Virginia. She purchased land in Francisville from the Philip Craig in 1812 and gave the same land to her son, William, before her 1815 death. William's son, Walter later assumed ownership of the property. His wife and sister are buried there, along with several other unmarked burials. It's likely that Elizabeth's grave is among these.
• Craig, Mary "Polly"
  Mary "Polly" Craig was with her mother and sisters as they went to the well outside the walls of Bryan Station. She later came to Boone County with her family, married John Cave and had at least seven children. Her husband died when many of the children were still quite young.
• Cave, John [5]
  John Cave came to Kentucky after the death of his wife around 1783. He was the first sheriff of Boone County. His bond was signed by his brother, William Cave and his son-in-law, Uriel Sebree. He moved to Scott county around 1809.
• Gaines, William Haney
• Conner, John [2]
  John Conner joined the Bullittsburg Baptist Church on June 7, 1795, the same day as his father. He left Boone County about 1811 and settled first in Dearborn County, Indiana Territory and later lived in Fayette County, Indiana. He is often confused with another John Conner for whom Connersville, Indiana is named.
• Reynolds, James N.
  James N. Reynolds appeared in the Boone County tax list for 1859 in the Hamilton district. He was taxed for one enslaved person over 16 years, assessed value, $650. He had no taxable real estate and did not appear in other tax lists nor the 1850 & 1860 census records.