Graves, Absalom [2]

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Title: Graves, Absalom [2]
Alias: Graves, Absalom Jr.; Graves, Absolom Junior
Gender: Male
Biography: Absalom Graves was born October 15, 1791. The 1820 Boone County (Ky.) census names him as Absolom Graves Junior and lists him as enslaving three persons, a young boy and girl under 14 years of age and a man over 4 years old. The 1830 Boone County, Kentucky census shows Absalom Graves with seven enslaved persons. Absalom Graves is shown to have eight enslaved in 1840 living in Boone County, Kentucky. In 1850 Absalom Graves is shown as a farmer living in District Two in Boone County, Kentucky. He is living with his wife, Elizabeth and son Richard. He was born in Kentucky. The 1860 census lists Absalom Graves living with his son in Taylor Port, Boone County, Kentucky. He is a retired farmer. Absalom died the Nov 6, 1866 and is buried in Bullittsburg Baptist Church Cemetery.
Member: Graves family
Birth date: 15 Oct 1791
Place of birth: Kentucky
Father: Graves, Abraham [1]
Life event(s): Marriage: 5 Mar 1816; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Graves, Elizabeth
Child(ren): Graves, Cornelia Agness Graves; Graves, Robert K.; Graves, Richard C.; Graves, Hannah
Death date: 6 Nov 1866
Death and burial information: Bullittsburg Baptist Church Cemetery (Bullittsburg, Ky.)
Neighbor of: Neighbors in the 1850 Census: Watts, William; Graves, Joseph; Neighbors in the 1860 Census: Cropper, Peter; Kiner, Samuel
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, male [47]; unknown, Rose [3]; unknown, female [53]; unknown, female [53]; unknown, male [47]; unknown, Rose [3]
Description: Enslaved held in 1830: Males, under 10, one; Males, 10 thru 23, two; Males, 24 thru 35, one; Males, 36 thru 54, one; Females, 10 thru 23, two; Enslaved held in 1840: Males, 10 thru 23, three; Males, 24 thru 35, two; Males, 36 thru 54, one; Females ,10 thru 23, one; Females, 36 thru 54, one; Enslaved held in 1850: Female, 60 years old, black; Male, 53 years old, black; Male, 25 years old, black; Male, 23 years old, black; Male, 10 years old, black; Female, 9 years old, black; Female, 7 years old, black; Female, 3 months old, black; Enslaved held in 1860: Male, 8 years old, black; Male, 4 years old, black; Male, 37 years old, black; Female, 35 years old, black; Male, 3 years old, black
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #15338663
Source(s): Find A Grave.com; Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850; Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Fifth Census of the United States, 1830; Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Graves Family History; Kentucky Birth Records, 1852-1910

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--G

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Title	Class
unknown, female [53]	Person
unknown, male [47]	Person
unknown, Rose [3]	Person

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Title	Class
Graves, Hannah	Person
Graves, Richard C.	Person
Graves, Robert K.	Person

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Graves, Abraham [1]	Person

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Graves, Elizabeth	Person