Person

Jim Brown (Henderson, Kentucky, enslaved man)

b. 1828? d. 1861

Henderson, Kentucky, enslaved man. Owned by Seraphina Pentecost in Henderson County, Kentucky, c.1858. Escaped to Indiana in 1859. Owned by Seraphina Pentecost in Henderson County in 1860. Escaped in 1861. Accused of killing Walter A. Norwood in Henderson County on April 1, 1861. Killed during manhunt in Indiana.

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Sex
Male
Race
Black

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Posey County, Mount Vernon, p. 676.

Emily Moses, “On the Border of Freedom,” Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition blog, September 24, 2018, accessed April 11, 2019, http://civilwargovernors.org/on-the-border-of-freedom/.

KYR-0001-021-0026.

KYR-0001-021-0028.

Citation

Brown, Jim. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213458 (November 12, 2026).

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