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Jonathan Tyson (Gallatin County, Kentucky, painter and justice of the peace)

b. 1815-10-20 d. 1865-03-31

Gallatin County, Kentucky, painter and justice of the peace. Pennsylvania native. Married to Frances Ann Oliver Tyson in Gallatin County, Kentucky, on May 31, 1838. Father of Martha Tyson Stodghill, William Tyson, Oliver Tyson, Jennie Tyson, and Alice Tyson. Farmer in Owen County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in Owen County in 1840. Painter in Gallatin County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Gallatin County in 1862. Died in Gallatin County on March 31, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, p. 184.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Gallatin County, Warsaw, p. 524.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Gallatin County Marriages, Film #000509036, p. 171.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Gallatin County Marriages, Film #000509036, p. 101.

"Jonathan Tyson (1815-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #100653933, accessed October 14, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100653933.

KYR-0001-031-0030.

Citation

Tyson, Jonathan. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210338 (November 12, 2026).

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