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Thomas Sewell (Breathitt County, Kentucky, merchant.)

b. 1803?

Breathitt County, Kentucky, merchant. Tennessee native. Married to Joanna Turner Sewell in Harlan County on September 24, 1827. Father of B. F. Sewell and Thomas Sewell. Merchant in Breathitt County in 1850. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Breathitt County in 1850. Merchant in Breathitt County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Breathitt County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 23A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 656.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 389.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 175A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lee County, Beattyville, p. 314A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harlan County Marriages, Film #000834238, p. 194.

Citation

Sewell, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210650 (November 12, 2026).

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