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Thomas Tompkins (Hopkins and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1800?

Hopkins and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Emily Hicks Tompkins in Henderson County, Kentucky on May 31, 1836. Father of Mary B. Tompkins, Thomas L. Tompkins, Joseph H. Tompkins, John W. Tompkins, James Tompkins, Frances E. Tompkins, Martha A. Tompkins, William T. Tompkins, and David G. Tompkins. Resident of Hopkins County in 1840. Owned eight enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1840. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States(1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 357.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 141A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 708.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 612.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 485B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film 001944390.

Citation

Tompkins, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200842 (November 12, 2026).

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