Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, surveyor. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Morton and Amelia T. Morton. Student in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, in 1850. Surveyor in Madisonville, Kentucky, in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Pigeon Ward 7, p. 368A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 838.

"Benjamin Morton (1840-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial #111100421, accessed September 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111100421.

Citation

Morton, Benjamin D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210988 (November 12, 2026).

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S. B. Nisbet et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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