Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and asylum manager. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Durrett. Father of Nannie Durrett, Henry C. Durrett, Albert J. Durrett, Mary C. Durrett, Lucy C. Durrett, Alice W. Durrett, Inez Durrett, Eugene Durrett, and Henry Durrett. Farmer in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Board member and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum in 1865.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 60.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 43.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 14.

KYR-0001-007-0345.

Citation

Durrett, Richard. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207057 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
E. H. Hopper et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-01-23
Correspondence
George Poindexter et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-01-28

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