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Richard T. Petree (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

b. 1824 d. 1899

About

Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Todd County, Kentucky, native. Son of Hazel G. Petree, Sr., and Sarah M. Petree. Married to Mary W. Hubbard Petree in Christian County, Kentucky, on September 14, 1854. Father of Betty H. Petree, Mary D. Petree, and Thomas Petree. Educated at an academy in Elkton, Kentucky. Studied law under Francis M. Bristow. Admitted to the bar in 1848. Relocated to Hopkinsville. County attorney in Christian County from 1851 to 1859. Attorney in Christian County in 1860. Employed Newton C. Petree as an attorney in Christian County in 1860. Law partner of Francis M. Bristow in Hopkinsville. Law partner of Benjamin H. Bristow in Hopkinsville from 1857 to 1861. Owned five enslaved persons in Hopkinsville in 1860. Circuit judge of the 2nd Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1868.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 678-79.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 24.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 417B.

H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 448.

"Judge Richard Thomas Petree (1824-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial #89558809, accessed November 15, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89558809/.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, 1820-1886, Film #001942963, p. 256.

Citation

Petree, Richard T.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198308 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. W. G. Jones et al., Indictment
Correspondence
Mortimer D. Hay to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-28
Petition
S. Marble et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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