John T. Rogers

Birth Date

1814

Death Date

1881

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Barren County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Olevia Rogers. Father of Mary Kate Rogers, Olevia Fannie Rogers, John L. Rogers, Ann E. Rogers, J. R. U. Rogers, Henrietta Rogers, Ellen E. Rogers, Lucy P. Rogers, and Evaline B. Rogers. Farmer in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Postmaster of Lewis in Barren County from September 29, 1843, to December 28, 1846. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Barren County in 1850. Farmer in Barren County in 1860. Employed Daniel Devasure as a farm laborer in 1860. Owned thirty-two enslaved persons, including Eugene, Ellis, Arthur, and James, in Barren County in 1860. Assigned arms by the Military Board of Kentucky as a member of the infantry.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 1, p. 351A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 1, p. 171.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 1059.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 2, p. 72A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Rocky Hill, p. 684A.
“John Thomas Rogers (1814-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial #88219965, accessedMarch 3, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88219965.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994027, Barren County Births.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Barren County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 556-57.
KYR-0001-019-0144.

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