Samuel Short

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1812

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1883

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White

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"Samuel Short" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00016876, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Lawrence County, Kentucky, merchant and county court judge. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Rice Short in Lawrence County, Kentucky, on September 11, 1845. Merchant in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Lawrence County in 1850. Merchant in Lawrence County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Lawrence County in 1860. County court judge in Lawrence County in 1861. County court judge in Lawrence County in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 86 A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 170.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 654.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 333.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 282B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lawrence County Marriages, Film #007734967, p. 3.
"Judge Samuel Short (1812-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial #133170627, accessed December 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133170627.
KYR-0001-017-0426.
KYR-0001-020-1056.

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