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Thomas Hobson (Nashville, Tennessee, jailer)

b. 1822-04-08 d. 1902-02-19

Nashville, Tennessee, jailer. Tennessee native. Married to Sarah Ann Talley Hobson in Davidson County, Tennessee, on July 6, 1843. Father of Harriet L. Hobson, Elizabeth Hobson, James Hobson, Eva Hobson, John Hobson, Willie Hobson, and Sallie Hobson. Farmer in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Davidson County in 1850. Jailer in Nashville in 1858. Resident of Nashville in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Nashville in 1860. Jailer in Nashville in 1861.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 22, p. 371A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, City/District, p. 603.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville Ward 6, p. 442.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, p. 256A.

Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Davidson County Death Certificates, File 2613.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Davidson County, 1838-1863, p. 119

"500 Reward," The Tennessean (Nashville, TN), September 25, 1858, p. 2.

Citation

Hobson, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209031 (November 12, 2026).

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