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Thomas W. Ashley (Hickman County, Ky, clerk and postmaster)

b. 1839?

Hickman County, Kentucky, clerk and postmaster. Kentucky native. Son of Charles M. Ashley and Caroline M. Ashley. Student in Hickman County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Hickman County in 1863. Postmaster of Clinton in Hickman County from June 12, 1865.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, p. 32A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Hickman County, KY, June 1863, p. 1.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Hickman County, Kentucky, vol. 28.

Citation

Ashley, Thomas W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280227 (November 12, 2026).

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