Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, student. Kentucky native. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Hopkins County resident in 1861.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 161A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 715.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Hopkins County Administrators Bonds, 1859-1877, p. 115.

Citation

Orton, William D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198814 (November 12, 2026).

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William Hull et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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