Pleasant M. Savage

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"Pleasant M. Savage" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00015342, (accessed March 16, 2025).

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Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and judge. Virginia native. Married to Susannah Swingle Savage in Lewis County, Kentucky, on December 5, 1812. Father of George Swingle Savage and Harriet Savage. Married to Sarah A. Moore Savage. Father of Mary Moore Savage, Sam Savage, Alfred Savage, Franklin "Francis" M. Savage, and Sarah Savage. Resident of Lewis County in 1820. Owned seventy-five enslaved persons in Lewis County in 1820. Resident of Lewis County in 1830. Owned three enslaved persons in Lewis County in 1830. Postmaster of Rock Port in Lewis County from January 2, 1833, to September 15, 1837. Resident of Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned five enslaved persons in Greenup County in 1840. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Lewis County in 1850. Merchant in Lawrence County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Lawrence County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Lawrence County Court from 1862 to 1863.

Fourth Manuscript Census of the United States (1820), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Elksburg p. 358-59.
Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 297.
Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 225.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 174B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 659.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 333A.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 304.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 10489.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lewis County Marriages, Film 000344051.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Lewis County, Kentucky, vol. 12A, p. 368.
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, Savage, National 12113, State 138.

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