Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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McCracken County, coal trader. Kentucky native. Married to Lucy Ford. Coal trader in McCracken County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in McCracken County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 120.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 18.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 26.

Citation

Ford, J. Scott. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214633 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (2)

Petition
C. W. Stevens et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-23
Petition
Thomas H. Corbett et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-06

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