Ambrose Mitchell (Hopkins County, KY, farmer )
b. 1811?
Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Frances Mitchell. Father of Susan A. E. Mitchell, Eliza C. Mitchell, Maria F. Mitchell, Calvin B. Mitchell, Sarah Mitchell, Wiley Mitchell, Sam J. Mitchell, and Jesse Mitchell. Resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned twenty-two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.
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- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 135B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 729.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 599.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 209B.
Citation
Mitchell, Ambrose. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199671 (November 12, 2026).
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