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James P. Thompson (Trigg County, Kentucky, resident.)

b. 1835-07-23 d. 1922-10-16

Trigg County, Kentucky, resident. Trigg County, Kentucky, native. Son of Moses S. Thompson and Clarissa H. Smith Thompson. Married to C.L. "Jimmie" Hickman Thompson in Todd County, Kentucky, on December 17, 1862. Attended school in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Resident of Trigg County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Trigg County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 2, p. 359A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 2, p. 287.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, pp. 73-4.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 379B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 21483.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film 000367186, p. 195.

"Veteran Hopkinsville Tobacconist Dies," Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle_ (Clarksville, TN), October 17, 1922, p. 4.

Citation

Thompson, James P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210485 (November 12, 2026).

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