Person

William H. Brown (Rowan County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1836-05-14 d. 1919-10-18

Rowan County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Brown and Francis Brown. Married to Jane Cogswell Brown in Rowan County, Kentucky, on December 22, 1858. Father of Martha Brown, Mary Brown, Commadore Brown, and Henry Brown. Attended school in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Bath County in 1850. Farmer in Rowan County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 2, p. 5A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p. 289.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rowan County, p. 626.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rowan County, Pearce, p. 128B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994053, Rowan County Births.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994053, Rowan County Marriages.

"William H. Brown (1836-1919)," Find A Grave, Memorial 151070609, accessed January 12, 2024, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151070609.

Citation

Brown, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281438 (November 12, 2026).

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