Francis L. Gardner

Birth Date

1804-11-29

Death Date

1875-05-18

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. North Carolina native. Married to Margaret Holinns in Caldwell County on January 12, 1825. Father of Benjamin S. Gardner, Frances M. Gardner, David L. Gardner, and Anne E. Gardner. Married to Amanda McElwain on February 15, 1847. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Caldwell County from 1863 until his resignation in February 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 389A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 811.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 41.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 25.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 81.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 326.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 285.
Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 108.
Find A Grave, "Francis Gardner (1804-1875)," Memorial #195871721, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195871721 (accessed March 9, 2020).

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