Thomas Pearce

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c1795

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"Thomas Pearce" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00007147, (accessed May 10, 2025).

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Henry County, Kentucky, tailor. Virginia native. Married to Dorcus Pearce. Father of Mildred Pearce, Morgan B. Pearce, James W. Pearce, Amanda Pearce. Tailor in Henry County in 1850. Owner of three enslaved persons in 1850. Tailor in Henry County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860. Postmaster in Henry County from April 18, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 238A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, p. 247.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, New Castle, p. 368A.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Henry County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 96.

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