Person

Joseph Addison Thompson (Mercer County, Kentucky, gentleman)

b. 1805-07-04 d. 1881-04-02

Mercer County, Kentucky, gentleman. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Amanda Singleton Thompson in Mercer County, Kentucky, in April 1835. Physician in Mercer County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Mercer County in 1850. Gentleman in Mercer County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 365A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg District 2, p. 907.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 717.

"Joseph A. Thompson (1805-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial #98339189, accessed April 12, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98339189.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, 1824-1883, Film #000191854.

Citation

Thompson, Joseph Addison. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209731 (November 12, 2026).

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