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John Taylor Hopkins (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.)

b. 1808-11-23 d. 1872-11-20

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha P. Cowen Hopkins in Henderson County, Kentucky, on February 10, 1831. Father of Charles Hopkins, Mary A. Hopkins, and Juliette H. Hopkins. Married to Esther Lynda Hawkins Hopkins in Henderson County on December 21, 1848. Father of Annah Hopkins, John Taylor Hopkins, Strother Banks Hopkins, Esther Hopkins, Edmund Hopkins, and Ella Hopkins. Resident of Henderson County in 1840. Owned seven enslaved persons in 1840. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States(1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, p. 241.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 362A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 136.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 147B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, p. 84B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #000576460, p. 42.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #001944390, p. 105.

"John Taylor Hopkins (1808-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial #9014686, accessed July 3, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90149686.

Citation

Hopkins, John Taylor. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202543 (November 12, 2026).

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