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William Brown (Christian County, Kentucky, schoolteacher, farmer, and justice of the peace)

b. 1825?

Christian County, Kentucky, schoolteacher, farmer, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Lucy D. Myers Brown in Christian County, Kentucky, on December 18, 1850. Father of V. Brown, D. Brown, Virgil C. Brown, James Buchanan Brown, A. C. Brown, and G. T. Brown. Schoolteacher in Christian County in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Christian County in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Appointed justice of the peace in Christian County on December 10, 1862.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 435A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 8.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 557.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Stewarts, p. 173A.

Kentucky Birth Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994031, Christian County Births.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #001942963, p. 188.

KYR-0001-031-0081.

Citation

Brown, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203859 (November 12, 2026).

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