Thomas Ecton

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1796-04-09

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1881-04-04

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"Thomas Ecton" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018669, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Henry County, Kentucky, farmer. Maryland native. Son of Smallwood Ecton and Mary Wilson Ecton. Married to Sarah "Sally" Kelly Ecton in Clark County, Kentucky, on May 29, 1817. Father of Smallwood Ecton. Farmer in Henry County in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Henry County in 1850. Farmer in Henry County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 422A.
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, Subdivision 1 p. 374.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 185A-185B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clark County Marriages, Film 001943687.
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 90623, State 1164.
"Thomas Ecton (1796-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 138045230, accessed September 27, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138045230.

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