Person

John Addison Hopson (Caldwell co., ky, farmer )

b. 1811-02-22 d. 1881-09-02

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Permelia A. Mitchusson Hopson in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on March 31, 1834. Married to Emmeline Thomas Dunning Hopson in Trigg County, Kentucky, on March 12, 1851. Father of Thomas Hopson, Emily Hopson, Permelia Hopson, Addison Hopson, William Hopson, and Martha Hopson. Stepfather of Miles Dunning. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Long Pond in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Long Pond in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 366B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 9.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 215B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 40.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 39.

"John Addison Hopson (1811-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial #19245117, accessed April 19, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19245117.

Citation

Hopson, John Addison. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211505 (November 12, 2026).

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