Person

W. J. Thomas (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1809? d. 1865

Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer. Maryland native. Married to Mary Thomas. Father of Covinna Thomas Austin, Amanda Thomas Austin, Martha Thomas Miller, Henry Thomas, Margaret Thomas, Mark Thomas, and Mary Thomas. Farmer in Ohio County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Ohio County in 1850. Farmer in Ohio County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Ohio County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, District 1, p. 42B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Caney, p. 737.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Hartford, p. 154B.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Ohio County Wills, vol. A-D, 1801-1988, p. 22-3.

Citation

Thomas, W. J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280341 (November 12, 2026).

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