Person

Thomas Blackburn (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1788 d. 1867

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Son of Julius Blackburn and Betsy Scruggs Blackburn. Married to Willina Burbridge Blackburn. Father of Lycurgus Blackburn, Susan Blackburn, Martha Blackburn, William Blackburn, Burbridge Blackburn, John Blackburn, and Elizabeth Blackburn. Resident of Scott County in 1840. Owned twenty enslaved persons in Scott County in 1840. Farmer in Scott County in 1850. Owned twenty-six enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Owned James [Unknown] and Willina [Unknown] in Scott County in 1858. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Owned George [Unknown] in Scott County in 1864.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, p. 61.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 466A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 890.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 215A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994054, Scott County Births.

Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. 115 (Washington, DC: Judd and Detweiler, 1930), p. 103.

"Thomas Blackburn (1788-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial 102207960, accessed December 12, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102207960.

"Willina Burbridge Blackburn (1800-1842)," Find A Grave, Memorial 102208194, accessed January 4, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102208194.

KYR-0001-004-3100.

Citation

Blackburn, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206466 (November 12, 2026).

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