African Americans of the Kentucky Borderlands

Items

• unknown, Louisa [25]
  Likely the same Louisa found in the estate of Rouse, Moses; Inventories at Independence Courthouse 1-328, 11/27/45, 5/16/48; 16 yrs. old, $400, as Ally Rouse was wife of Moses, Inventories at Independence Courthouse 3-321, 1/6/54, January Term 1854. Assigned a value of $850.
• Linden Grove Cemetery (Covington, Ky.)
  The cemetery was founded by the Western Baptist Theological institute. Eventually, the city of Covington grew up around it. Eventually, the cemetery fell in disrepair.
• GenKY - Linden Grove Cemetery 1858-1998
  From Genky, "Names of the deceased, names of parents and names of lot owners are indexed when available. An interment book spanning the years 1858-1864 is included in full. The book contains over 2,400 names and includes numerous Civil War veterans and other Greater Cincinnatians among its entries. A copy of the book is also available in the reference collection of the Local History and Genealogy Department at the Covington Library. Interment tickets from the cemetery spanning the years 1907 to 1934 are also included in this collection as well as receiving tomb permits and removals from 1875 to 1889. In 1835, the Western Baptist Theological Institute purchased approximately 150 acres of land south of the City of Covington for the construction of a major theological seminary. A college building and several homes were constructed on this property. Over time, a portion of the property began to be used for cemetery purposes. The growth of the City of Covington eventually surrounded the cemetery. Today the property is bordered by Holman and Linden Avenues and Kavanaugh and Thirteenth Streets. In the spring of 1998, an independent Linden Grove Cemetery Board of Overseers was established. Membership on the cemetery.s Board of Overseers has expanded to include three individuals chosen by the Kenton County Fiscal Court, three chosen by the City of Covington and three individuals chosen to serve at-large. Many prominent Northern Kentuckians are laid to rest at Linden Grove Cemetery. Among the most notable is United States Congressman and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle. Other congressmen interred in the cemetery include William Wright Southgate and William Evans Arthur. Other notables who have resting places in Linden Grove include: Thomas Kennedy, one of the founders of Covington; B.F. Howard, the founder of the African American Elks; Alexander Greer, and early entrepreneur in Covington; Dr. Adam Kelly, an early African American physician; Ephraim Robbins, an early Trustee of the Western Baptist Theological Institute and namesake for nearby Robbins Street; Reverend William Orr, an early Baptist preacher in the community; Dr. Louise Southgate, a pioneer female physician and women’s rights advocate. Linden Grove Cemetery is also the final resting place from military veterans of the War of 1812 and all wars since."
• Independence (Ky.)
  After going through several names, the town was eventually named in honor of the residents' independence form Campbell County, when the county of Kenton was formed. The town is one of the county seats of Kenton County.
• Independence Cemetery (Kenton County, Ky.)
  Though the earliest marked grave dates to 1749, the cemetery didn't incorporate into a nonprofit organization until 1886. Originally measuring 65 acres, the cemetery doubled its sized with the purchase of adjacent farmland in 1996.
• Dougherty, Levi
  Levi Daugherty is known to have five enslaved in the Kenton County, Kentucky 1840 census. The 1850 census shows Levi with wife Nancy and two children living in Covington, Ward Four, Kenton County, Kentucly. He is a shoe maker. He is known to have 13 enslaved in the 1850 Slave Schedules. In 1860 Levi Daugherty is living in Covington Ward Four, Kenton County, Kentucky with his wife and daughter. His occupation is real estate agent. The 1870 census shows Levi and Nancy living again in Covington Ward Four, Kenton County, Kentucky with no children but seven blacks in the household, six of them are listed as domestic servants. Levi died 21 Dec 1880 and is buried in Linden Grove Cemetery in Covington, Kentucky.
• 1853--Five Slaves Escape B.W. Foley in Covington
  Five enslaved people escaped Covington. Slaveholder was B. W. Foley.
• Clarkson, Austin Elliott
• unknown, Ralph [1]
  1854 listed as $450, February Term 1849, sold for $600.
• Slaves identified in Kenton County: Kentucky clerk's and Kenton County vital statistic records, 1840-1865
  From the Kentucky Historical Society, "The author describes this list as an '…attempt to ascertain as many names as possible of persons held in bondage in Kenton County, Kentucky, from the formation of the county out of Campbell County until passage of the Thirteenth Amendment….The records used were Inventory Books and original inventory documents, Will Books and original Wills at Covington, Deed Books and vital statistics records.' For the most part, enslaved individuals are listed by first name, even in the rare instance when secondary names or surnames are available. "
• unknown, Patsey
  Patsey is listed with a value of $500 at 14 years old. She was sold by the heirs to William L. Roberts of Boone County.
• unknown, Sally [23]
  At 10 years old, Sally was given the value of $400 as part of the residual estate devised to sisters, Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliott.
• unknown, Richard [13]
  At 12 years old, Richard was given a value of $400 as part of the residual estate devised to sisters, Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliott.
• unknown, Rhody
  At 17 years old, Rhody was given a value of $400 as part of the residual estate devised to sisters, Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliott.
• unknown, Parker [2]
  At 5 years old, Parker was given a value of $200 as part of the residual estate devised to sisters, Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliott.
• unknown, Moses [9]
  Moses was given as part of the residual estate devised to sisters, Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliott.
• unknown, Mary Ann [3]
  At 14 years old, Mary Ann was given a value of $400 as part of the residual estate devised to sisters, Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliott.
• unknown, Mary [80]
  At 6 years old, Mary was given a value of $200 as part of the residual estate devised to sisters, Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliott.
• unknown, Kitty [10]
  At 4 years old, Kitty was given a value of $200 as part of the residual estate devised to sisters, Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliott.
• unknown, Julia Ann [1]
  At 6 years old, Julia Ann was given a value of $300 as part of the residual estate devised to sisters, Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliott.
• unknown, John [44]
  At 7 years old, John was given a value of $30 as part of the residual estate devised to sisters, Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliott.
• unknown, Jenny [12]
  At 5 years old Jenny is given a value of $300 as part of the residual estate devised to sisters, Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliott.
• unknown, Hiram [6]
  At 16 years old Hiram was valued at $500 as part of residual estate devised to sisters Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliot.
• unknown, Henry [46]
  At 10 years old, Henry was valued at $400 as part of the residual estate devised to sisters Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliot.
• unknown, Harvey [6]
  At 8 years old, Harvey was described as "worthless" and "unhealthy" as part of the residual estate devised to sisters Ketturah Grant and Nancy Elliot.