Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Dorcas Lyons. Father of William Lyons, Rosanna Lyons, Crawford Lyons, John Lyons, Louisa Jane Lyons, Elizabeth Lyons, Peter Lyons, Margaret Lyons, and Dorcas Lyons. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1850 and 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in 1850 and seven in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 1, p. 106. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 115. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 14.

Citation

Lyons, Peter. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204819 (November 12, 2026).

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Martha E. Butler et al. to James F. Robinson

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