Person

Thomas Pierce (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1816?

Clay County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Hibbard Pierce. Father of John H. Pierce, James Pierce, Margaret Pierce, Mary Permelia Pierce, Amelia Pierce, Fanny Pierce, and Frances Pierce. Farmer in Knox County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Clay County in 1860. Held one enslaved person in trust for [Unknown] [Unknown] in Clay County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 389B-390A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 113.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, X County, p. 350A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Kirksville, p. 186A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 23310.

Citation

Pierce, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201860 (November 12, 2026).

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