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John P. Campbell (Christian County, Kentucky, planter and asylum manager)

b. 1788-04-12 d. 1867-09-12

Christian County, Kentucky, planter and asylum manager. Virginia native. Married to Mary A. Campbell. Father of John P. Campbell, Francis B. Campbell, Mary Campbell, and Susan B. Campbell. Planter in Christian County in 1850. Planter in Christian County in 1860. Owned fifty-eight enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Owned ninety-three enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Board member and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 114.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, District No. 1, p. 69-70.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 44.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 31-2.

Find A Grave, "John Pierce Campbell (1788-1867)," Memorial #88291191, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88291191/john-pierce-campbell (accessed May 2, 2017).

KYR-0001-007-0345.

Citation

Campbell, John P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207868 (November 12, 2026).

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