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Major Kimbrough (Harrison County, Kentucky, blacksmith and farmer. )

b. 1800?

Harrison County, Kentucky, blacksmith and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Margaret Kimbrough. Father of Charles R. Kimbrough, Minerva Kimbrough, and Nancy Kimbrough. Blacksmith in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned sixteen enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 84B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 377.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 607.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 125B.

Citation

Kimbrough, Major. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280539 (November 12, 2026).

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