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Henry Clay Thomas (Grayson County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1829-04-05 d. 1916-08-13

Grayson County, Kentucky, farmer. Grayson County, Kentucky, native. Son of Jack Thomas and Jane C. Hundley Thomas. Married to Henrietta B. Wortham on December 19, 1850. Father of John W. Thomas, Addice S. Thomas, Martha J. Thomas, and Sarah A. Thomas. Educated in the common schools of Grayson County. Clerk at Anderson & Graham in Meade County, Kentucky, from 1848 to 1849. Member of the Democratic Party. Farmer in Grayson County in 1850 and 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1887), 1122-1123. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grayson County, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grayson County, p. 60. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grayson County, p. 2. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), Grayson County, 1916, no. 20502, Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Citation

Thomas, Henry Clay. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203820 (November 12, 2026).

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