Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

About

Hopkins County, Kentucky, judge. Kentucky native. Married to Amelia T. Morton. Father of Henry Morton, Sarah W. Morton, Samuel Morton, James Morton, and Benjamin Morton. Tavern keeper in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, in 1850. Judge in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1860. Judge in Hopkins County in 1862.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Pigeon Ward 7, p. 368A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 838.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 304.

Citation

Morton, Samuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202217 (November 12, 2026).

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The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Samuel Morton (Hopkins County, Kentucky, judge). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (4)

Petition
Dixon Browning et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
Legal/Financial
George C. Bronaugh, Affidavit
1861-02-02
Petition
Miles Malin to Beriah Magoffin
1861-11-06
Petition
S. B. Nisbet et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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