Vest, Hugh Lemaster

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Title: Vest, Hugh Lemaster
Alias: Vest, H.L.; Vest, Hugh L.
Gender: Male
Biography: Hug Lemaster Vest appears to be living with his mother in Boone County (Ky.) in the 1850 census. He marries at some point in that decade and begins a family in Owen (Ky.). In the 1860 census, Hugh Vest enslaves a single man whereas in Boone County (Ky.) in 1850 he held several.
Member: Vest family
Birth date: 11 Jun 1820
Place of birth: Verona (Ky.)
Father: Vest, John Sr.
Mother: LeMaster, Sarah "Sallie"
Life event(s): Marriage: date and location unknown
Spouse(s): Ballard, Hulda Graves
Child(ren): Cobb, Sarah Catherine Vest; Vest, Elizabeth; Vest, John Thomas; Jones, Ruth Vest; Cobb, Mary H. Vest
Death date: 5 Oct 1876
Place of death: Owen County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Beech Grove Baptist Church Cemetery (Owen County, Ky)
Description: Enslaved held in 1850: Female, 25 years old, black; Male, 16 years old, black; Male, 10 years old, black; Female, 4 years old, black; Enslaved held in Owen (Ky.) in 1860: Male, 19, black
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #22901435; Boone County Will Book E, page 216
Source(s): Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870; Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; Find A Grave.com; Boone County Will Books

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

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