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John P. Richardson (Louisville, KY, steamboat pilot)

b. 1810? d. 1878-09-30

Louisville, Kentucky, steamboat pilot. Maryland native. Son of Margaret Richardson. Married to Gabriella Busby Richardson in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on February 29, 1848. Father of Thomas Richardson. Steamboat pilot in Louisville in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Louisville in 1850. Steamboat pilot in Louisville in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 1, p. 3B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 1, p. 753.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 506.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 261A.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Jefferson County Wills, vol. 1-3, 1784-1846, p. 343.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 189.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007126, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 302.

Citation

Richardson, John P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197981 (November 12, 2026).

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