Elza Thomason (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer and hotel keeper)
b. 1822-05-15 d. 1879-11-05
Scott County, Kentucky, farmer and hotel keeper. Kentucky native. Son of Delilah Thomason. Father of John D. Thomason. Married to Eliza J. Bratton Thomason. Father of Adelia Thomason, William Thomason, Elder J. Thomason, Cora Thomason, Claud L. Thomason, and Helen Thomason. Farmer in Scott County in 1850. Household owned two enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Hotel keeper in Scott County in 1860. Employed James Welsh as a barkeeper in Scott County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Scott County in 1860. Farmer in Scott County in 1863.
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- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 466B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 21, p. 7 of 26 of microfilm.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 439.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 293.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 396A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, 1894-1897, Film #000562185, p. 47, p. 139 of 310 of microfilm.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Scott County, KY, July 1863, p. 18 (Accessed via ancestry.com).
Find A Grave, "Elza Thomason.” (1822- 1879)," Memorial #106836177, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101684559 (accessed February 1, 2020).
Citation
Thomason, Elza. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202867 (November 12, 2026).
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