Graves, Absalom [1]

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Title: Graves, Absalom [1]
Gender: Male
Biography: The 1820 census shows Absalom Graves living in Burlington, Boone County, Kentucky with a total of eight enslaved persons. He and his wife are listed as being over 45 years of age. Absolom Graves was an ordained minister and served in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana.
Member: Graves family
Birth date: 28 Nov 1768
Place of birth: Culpeper County (Va.)
Father: Graves, John [1]
Mother: Rice, Ann
Life event(s): Marriage: 19 Dec 1789; Orange County (Va.); Orange County (Va.)
Spouse(s): White, Felicia [1]
Child(ren): Graves, Willis [1]; Graves, Mary [1]; Graves, Elizabeth; Graves, Nancy Cave Willis
Death date: 17 Aug 1826
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Graves-Cave-Willis Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.)
Occupation(s): Circuit Court Clerk; Clergy
Employed by: Boone County (Ky.); Bullittsburg Baptist Church (Bullittsburg, Ky.)
Participant in: 1823--Boone Co., Jim J Captured and Jailed
Member of: Bullittsburg Baptist Church (Bullittsburg, Ky.)
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Ben [6]; unknown, Eliza [4]; unknown, Esquire; unknown, George [16]; unknown, Harry [8]; unknown, Jack [5]; unknown, Jane [11]; unknown, Jinny [2]; unknown, Luther [1]; unknown, Milly [5]; unknown, Ben [6]; unknown, Eliza [4]; unknown, Esquire; unknown, George [16]; unknown, Harry [8]; unknown, Jack [5]; unknown, Jane [11]; unknown, Jinny [2]; unknown, Luther [1]; unknown, Milly [5]
Bibliographic citation(s): Boone County Will Book B, pages 233, 305; FindAGrave.com, memorial #118747592
Source(s): Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Graves Family History; Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940; Boone County Will Books; Find A Grave.com

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