Chronicles of Boone County

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• Bradford, Henry

  The 1870 census describes Henry as "mulatto".

• Utz, Julia Ann

• Utz, Benjamin

  Benjamin Utz and his family moved to Kentucky sometime between 1820 and 1830.

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• Knox County (Ky.)

  Located in southeastern Kentucky, close to the Tennessee border, Knox County was presumably named for Revolutionary War General Henry Knox., though there is some argument that it was named for explorer James Knox. The county seat is Barbourville.

• Craig, Edward T.

  In Jack Rouse's book The Civil War in Boone County, Kentucky, it was undetermined at the time of which county Edward Craig was born, resided in and where he died. The later available vital records places Craig in Carroll county for birth, residence and death.

• Cowen, William J.

• Rouse, Thomas

• Clore, Lucy

• Clore, Tabitha

• Clore, Amanda

• Clore, Judith

• Clore, Ephraim

  Ephraim and his family relocated to Boone County, Ky, sometime between the 1820 and 1830 censuses.

• Finnell, Eliza B.

• Finnell, Susan B.

• Burton, Mary Ann

• Finnell, Weeden Sleet

• Finnell, Robert

• Franklin, Benjamin

  Slaveholder is James Ingraham of Saline County, MO

• Cornelius, John

• Buckner, Henry Mortimer

  Henry Buckner and his family mostly lived in Kenton County, Ky, though they were living in Boone County near Florence at the time of the 1860 census.

• Johnson, James [2]

  Enlisted for service 25 Jan, 1864 in Marshall, Saline County, Missouri. Boone County, KY listed as place of birth. Slaveholder is Mrs. Kitty Garland of Saline County, Missouri.

• Brown, Lyman

• unknown, Peggy [7]

  Peggy was transferred from slaveholder Zerah Tousey to his granddaughter Ann Eliza Tousey in 1827 by "deed of gift" at only age 5 years old. This may be the same Peggy who appears in Freedman's Bureau records as former enslaved woman of Benjamin F. Stevenson (Ann Tousey's husband)

• unknown, York

  A man named York, held by Nathan G. Thomas, escaped from Fayette County, Ky., in November, 1805. Over a year later, Thomas was still advertising for his return, offering a $100 reward. Thomas moved to Boone County, KY sometime before 1810. He died there in 1819, leaving nine enslaved people.