Monroe County, Kentucky Slave Records

Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Monroe County, Kentucky.

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Monroe County Historical Records

Gideon White

Freedman's Bank Log (1869)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Opened savings account No. 4326 at Monroe branch. Recorded birthplace as Monroe County, former master listed as Wythe.

Josiah Bradley

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1868)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Wright to Beverley for consideration of $476.

Lewis Howard

Freedman's Bank Log (1866)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Opened savings account No. 5536 at Monroe branch. Recorded birthplace as Monroe County, former master listed as Price.

Samuel Faulkner

1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Enumerated under slaveholder Jones in Monroe County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 28.

Philip Jackson

1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Enumerated under slaveholder Polk in Monroe County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 67.

Charity Clay

1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Enumerated under slaveholder Thornton in Monroe County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 19.

Joseph Monroe

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1860)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Rogers to Brown for consideration of $659.

James Brooks

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1856)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Goode to Winston for consideration of $723.

Hiram Hill

Probate Inventory (1846)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Appraised in estate inventory of Richardson plantation, evaluated at $826. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Maria Barbour

Estate Division Account (1827)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Walker. Allotted to lot #7 in final decree.

George Cox

Estate Division Account (1827)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Carter. Allotted to lot #4 in final decree.

Jacob Page

Probate Inventory (1826)
Location: Monroe County, Kentucky

Appraised in estate inventory of Butler plantation, evaluated at $1382. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.