Person

Thomas Newman (Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1793? d. 1863?

Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Prewitt Newman in Shelby County in July 1818. Father of John E. Newman, William H. Newman, Martha A. Newman, and Josephine Newman. Resident of Shelby County in 1820. Owned one enslaved person in Shelby County in 1820. Farmer in Spencer County in 1840. Owned eight enslaved persons in Spencer County in 1840. Farmer in Spencer County in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Spencer County in 1850. Farmer in Nelson County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fourth Manuscript Census of the United States (1820), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, p. 119.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Spencer County, p. 228.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Spencer County, District 1, p. 98A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Spencer County, District 1, p. 9 of microfilm.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson, District 1, p. 246.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson, District 1, p. 109B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259282, p. 106.

Find A Grave, "Thomas Newman (1793-1863)," Memorial 100878533, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100878533 (accessed April 14, 2020).

History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties: General history. History of Jefferson County, Ky. The history of Louisville, Clark County, IN, L. A. Williams & Company, 1882, 516 (accessed through Google Books on April 15, 2020).

Citation

Newman, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199968 (November 12, 2026).

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