Person

Thomas B. Howell, Sr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1822? d. 1866-05-12

Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Elizabeth Jones in Christian County, Kentucky, on March 15, 1849. Father of William Howell and Thomas B. Howell, Jr. Farmer in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Farmer in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 444A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 103.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 378A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 54A.

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Christian County Marriages, Film 000466788.

David Sumner, Kim Fortner, Pam Metts, and Charles Morris, Cemeteries of Cadiz and Trigg County, Kentucky (Sunforme Publishing, 2008), 183.

Citation

Howell, Thomas B., Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197408 (November 12, 2026).

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