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Richard J. Brown (Bourbon County, Kentucky, county clerk)

b. 1817? d. 1898-06-22

Bourbon County, Kentucky, constable and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Frances J. Shy Brown. Father of Margaret J. Brown, James L. Brown, Sallie O. Brown, Elisha D. Brown, and Lily D. Brown. Constable in Bourbon County in 1850. Clerk of Bourbon County Court from 1860 to 1865.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 245B-246A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 1.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 307.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 302.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 305.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 11.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 11.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 11.

"Richard J. Brown Dead," The Morning Herald (Lexington, KY), June 23, 1898, p. 4.

Citation

Brown, Richard J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199239 (November 12, 2026).

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