Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hickman County, Kentucky, merchant. Tennessee native. Son of Brooken J. Barnett and Letha Barnett. Married to Mary L. Burnett. Father of Gus Henry Burnett. Student in Hickman County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Potato Patch in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman, p. 4A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Potato Patch, p. 579.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Feliciana, p. 78A.

Citation

Burnett, William L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280235 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
R. W. Walker et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-01-20

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