Benjamin H. Coon

Birth Date

1818-07-02

Death Date

1861-02-17

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, cabinetmaker. Christian County, Kentucky, native. Married to Laura L. Boyd Coon in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 14, 1845. Father of Theodore C. Coon, George Coon, Charles Coon, Mary Coon, Kinney Coon, Lucy Coon, and Carrie Coon. Resident in Christian County in 1830. Cabinetmaker in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Cabinetmaker in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1860.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 32.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 280B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 108.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 218A.
"Benjamin H. Coon (1818-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #142685901, accessed September 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142685901.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644.

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