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Thomas C. Summers (Muhlenberg Co., KY, farmer and merchant)

b. 1821-02-02 d. 1886-03-03

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Kentucky native. Son of Rebecca Summers. Married to Claudia A. Summers. Father of Charles Bayless Summers, Richard B. Summers, William Summers, and Mary L. Summers. Married to Nancy A. Summers. Father of Fannie B. Summers and Ida Summers. Farmer in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Employed Francis M. Nesbitt and Jacob Myers as farm laborers in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Merchant in Muhlenberg County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 206B-207A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 110.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 623.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 95B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Muhlenberg County, KY, July 1863, p. 25.

"Thomas C. Summers (1821-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial #17200638, accessed August 5, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17200638.

Citation

Summers, Thomas C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199116 (November 12, 2026).

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