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Thomas Washington Acton (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1829-05-21 d. 1917-07-08

Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer. Maryland native. Son of Bartimus Acton and Sarah Ann Ruby Acton. Married to Ellen Hale Acton in Ohio County, Kentucky, on January 2, 1851. Father of Thomas J. Acton, Virgil W. Acton, William F. Acton, Florence A. Acton, Martha J. Acton, and Amanda J. Acton. Farmer in Ohio County in 1850. Farmer in Ohio County in 1860. Farmer in Ohio County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, District 1, p. 41A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Hartford, p. 727.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Sulphur Springs, Enumeration District 185, p. 617A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Ohio County, KY, July 1863, p. 4.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #20810.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Ohio County Marriages, Film #001913021, p. 95.

Citation

Acton, Thomas Washington. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280351 (November 12, 2026).

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