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Jacob T. Young (Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff)

b. 1828?

Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff. Tennessee native. Son of Thomas Young and Sarah Young. Married to Mary A. Boyd Young in Lyon County, Kentucky, on April 28, 1855. Father of Mildred B. Young. Farm laborer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Sheriff in Lyon County Kentucky in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 338B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 766.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 416A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994046, Lyon County Births.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lyon County Marriages, Film 000321364.

Citation

Young, Jacob T.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209388 (November 12, 2026).

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