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James Thomas Lawton (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and tavern keeper.)

b. 1834?

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and tavern keeper. Kentucky native. Married Nancy L. Hewlett Lawton in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, on April 2, 1857. Father of Clyde A. Lawton, Charles A. Lawton, and Sarah A. Lawton. Laborer in Daviess County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Tavern keeper in Hopkins County in 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 422A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 632.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, South Carrolton, p. 434B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County Marriages, Film #000557316, p. 125.

KYR-0001-004-0314.

Citation

Lawton, James Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214424 (November 12, 2026).

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