John "Jack" Dawson

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c1800

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White

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"John "Jack" Dawson" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00003058, (accessed July 27, 2025).

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Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Dawson. Father of William Dawson, Hillery Dawson, Eliza E. Dawson, Cynthia Dawson, Joseph Dawson, and Thomas R. Dawson. Farmer in Nelson County in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1850. Farmer in Nelson County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons (including Cirilla [Unknown]) in Nelson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 344B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 211.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 28.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 129B.
KYR-0001-004-0014.
KYR-0001-004-0017.

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