Jim Brown

Birth Date

c1828

Death Date

1861

Gender

Race Description

Black

Entity Type

Person

Henderson, Kentucky, enslaved man. Owned by Seraphina Pentecost in Henderson County, Kentucky, c.1858. Escaped to Indiana in 1859. Owned by Seraphina Pentecost in Henderson County in 1860. Escaped in 1861. Accused of killing Walter A. Norwood in Henderson County on April 1, 1861. Killed during manhunt in Indiana.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Posey County, Mount Vernon, p. 676.
Emily Moses, “On the Border of Freedom,”Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition blog, September 24, 2018, accessed April 11, 2019, http://civilwargovernors.org/on-the-border-of-freedom/.
KYR-0001-021-0026.
KYR-0001-021-0028.

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