Person

Robert L. Thompson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer )

b. 1803?

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Emily Lindsey Thompson in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1831. Father of Nancy Thompson, Susan Thompson, Louisa Thompson, Julia Thompson, Martha Thompson, William Thompson, Lydia Thompson, Theodore Thompson, and John Thompson. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 68B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 622.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 126A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216883.

Citation

Thompson, Robert L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280311 (November 12, 2026).

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