Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Mason County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Mordicai Burgess and Sarah Burgess. Student in Mason County in 1850. Clerk in Mason County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 59B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Mays Lick, p. 62.

Citation

Burgess, James W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200059 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
William Carr to Beriah Magoffin

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