Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Lincoln County, Kentucky, county clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Julia H. Carson. Father of Mary Carson, Sarah Carson, Cynthia E. Carson, Charles C. Carson, Margaret A. Carson, Martha C. Carson, Pattie Carson, Mollie Carson, Willie Carson, and Thomas Carson. Married to Sophia James Carson on August 14, 1862. Merchant in Lincoln County in 1850. County clerk in Lincoln County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District no. 2, p. 301B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Stanford, p. 3.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Stanford, p. 338.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Stanford, p. 121.

Kentucky County Marriages 1783-1965, Lincoln County, 1851-1902, p. 67.

Find A Grave, "Ransom Carson (1816-1886)," Memorial #87739004, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87739004 (accessed November 28, 2018).

Citation

Carson, Ransom. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199340 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
T. P. Hill et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-11-17

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