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Newton Bright (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1829-10-23 d. 1903-08-26

Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Jeptha Bright. Married to Dorcas Helm Bright in Shelby County on September 27, 1855. Father of Charles Bright, William Bright, Jeptha Bright, Georgie Bright, and James Bright. Farmer in Shelby County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 1, p. 46-47.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 1, p. 18.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, Doaks Precinct, p. 10.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259291.

Find A Grave, "Newton Bright (October 23, 1829-August 26, 1903)," Memorial #28386323, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28386323 (accessed August 2, 2018).

Citation

Bright, Newton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208096 (November 12, 2026).

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