Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

About

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand. Kentucky native. Employed by T. E. Laws as a farmhand in Princeton, Kentucky, in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 80.

Citation

Lester, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213018 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
T. W. Pickering et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-21

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