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Henry Brown (Washington County, Kentucky, sheriff and farmer.)

b. 1817 d. 1906-03-17

Washington County, Kentucky, sheriff and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Catharine Daugherty Brown in Washington County, Kentucky, in August 1842. Father of Julina Brown and Sarah R. Brown. Sheriff in Washington County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer and sheriff in Washington County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 239A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 1, p. 199.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Pottsville Precinct, p. 374A.

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Washington County Marriages, Film 001534171.

"Worn out He Used Razor to End His Life," Tulsa Daily Democrat (Tulsa, Indian Territory), March 16, 1906, p. 1.

"Henry Brown is Dead of Gash across Throat," Tulsa Daily Democrat (Tulsa, Indian Territory), March 17, 1906, p. 1.

"Henry Brown (1817-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial 74928001, accessed March 21, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74928001.

KYR-0001-029-0185.

Citation

Brown, Henry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212257 (November 12, 2026).

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