Walter J. Osburn

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c1803

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"Walter J. Osburn" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00013702, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer, postmaster, and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Sarah Edwards Osburn. Father of Meredith Osburn, Thomas Osburn, Elizabeth Osburn, Edmond Osburn, Elisa Osburn, Chilton A. Osburn, Nancy Osburn, Charles L. Osburn, James L. Osburn, and William J. Osburn. Postmaster of Blaine, Kentucky, in Lawrence County, from June 26, 1839, to July 31, 1839. Farmer with Meredith Osburn in Lawrence County in 1850. Farmer in Lawrence County in 1860. Employed Sarah Griffith as a house servant in Lawrence County in 1860. Employed James A. Rice and Clifton A. Osburn as farmhands in Lawrence County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Lawrence County in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 56B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 567.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Lawrence County, Kentucky, Volume 12A, p. 117 of 588 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).
KYR-0002-024-0059.

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