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William K. Thomas (Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer)

b. 1816-11-01 d. 1870-09-11

Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth B. Davis Thomas in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on October 31, 1839. Father of Catharine Thomas, Mary Thomas, Henry C. Thomas, Ellen Thomas, and William K. Thomas. Resident of Jefferson County in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1850. Jailer in Jefferson County in 1860. Arrested on suspicion of membership in the "Sons of Liberty" in Louisville in August 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, p. 113B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, p. 749.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 6th Ward, p. 249.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 9th Ward, p. 249B.

The American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1864 (New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1865), 453.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482706.

“W. K. Thomas, Deceased: Tribute of Respect to His Memory,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), September 14, 1870, p. 4.

"William K. Thomas, Sr (1816-1870)," Find A Grave, Memorial 143115367, accessed August 7, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143115367.

KYR-0001-004-2728.

KYR-0001-029-0572.

Citation

Thomas, William K.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201778 (November 12, 2026).

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