Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Caldwell County and Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. South Carolina native. Married to Mary Laws. Father of Spencer Laws. Farmer in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed James Lester and A. Jordan as farmhands in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed Mary Jordan as a domestic in Caldwell County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 372A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 80.

Citation

Laws, Thomas E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196776 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
James H. Leech et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-21

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