Slave Bill of Sale

ID: 2639
This file appears in: Lincoln County
Slave Bill of Sale

Slavery was important to Lincoln County's economy in the first half of the nineteenth century. This document notes the sale of slaves in Stanford during the last days of the Civil War. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Lincoln County

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #860 in Stanford commemorates the establishment of Lincoln County and its early history. Lincoln County was one of the first three counties in what would become the Commonwealth of Kentucky. When Kentucky County, Virginia, was…