James K. Thomson

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1816

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1868

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"James K. Thomson" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00011580, (accessed April 19, 2024).

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Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and curator. Virginia native. Married to Susan T. Thomson. Father of James C. Thomson. Married to Mildred A. Ford Thomson. Father of Frank Thomson. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Employed William C. Stone as a farmer in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned fifteen enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860. Member of the board of curators of Kentucky University in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 234B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 715 (p. 32 of microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 466. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 406A (p. 11 of microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 37A. Find A Grave, "J K Thomson (1816-1868)," Memorial 98432804, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98432804/j-k-thomson (accessed December 18, 2019). Find A Grave, "Susan T Watts Thomson (1819-1849)," Memorial 98432920, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98432920/susan-t-thomson (accessed December 18, 2019). KYR-0001-009-0038.

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