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William Thomas Asbury (Harrison County, KY, farmer)

b. 1832?

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Asbury and Sarah Asbury. Married to Ann Morton Hitch Asbury in Harrison County, Kentucky, on March 26, 1861. Father of Mariah S. Asbury. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Househould owned eleven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Househould owned fifteen enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 86A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 373.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 697.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 128A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Claysville, p. 142A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film 000216897, p. 75.

Citation

Asbury, William Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281560 (November 12, 2026).

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