Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth J. Carson Richardson in Trigg County, Kentucky, on November 23, 1852. Father of Alice Richardson and Robert M. Richardson. Farmer in Trigg County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860. Juror in the Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Thomas B. Wadlington in Caldwell County, on December 8, 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, District, p. 92.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 376A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 148.

KYR-0001-020-0001.

Citation

Richardson, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201314 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (2)

Legal/Financial
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Thomas B. Wadlington, Transcript
1860-12-18
Petition
William D. Gladish et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-15

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