Thomas C. Dabney

Birth Date

1823-09-20

Death Date

1886-11-12

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. King William County, Virginia, native. Married to Susanna Rumsey Dabney in Christian County, Kentucky, on March 6, 1848. Father of James Rumsey Dabney, Albert J. Dabney, Carmelia Dabney, Thomas C. Dabney Jr., Annie Dabney, Minnie Dabney, Frank Dabney, Smith Dabney, and Carrie L. Dabney. Attorney in Trigg County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Special judge in Henderson County from December 7, 1857, to December 31, 1859. Circuit court judge in the 2nd Judicial District in Trigg County from 1859 to 1862. Owned one enslaved person, employed by G. A. Wright, in Trigg County in 1860. Resident in Cadiz in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 291A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 226.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 378B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 52A.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 410.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 304.
Find A Grave, "Thomas Catlett Dabney Sr. (1823-1886)," Memorial #107374035, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107374035 (accessed April 28, 2021).
H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 352.
Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 1, Trigg County, Kentucky, 1863.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994056, Trigg County Births, p. 3.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #001942963, p. 139.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016189, Trigg County Deaths, File #4533.

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