Henry S. Jefferson

Birth Date

1818-08-11

Death Date

1866-11-10

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Abigail Dawson Jefferson in Mason County, Kentucky, on March 2, 1839. Father of Perry Jefferson, John T. Jefferson, and Nancy Jefferson. Farmer in Mason County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Mason County in 1850. Farmer in Mason County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Mason County in 1860. Deputy sheriff in Mason County in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 142B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 762.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 47.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 7B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film 000281843.
"Henry S Jefferson (1818-1866)," Find A Grave, Memorial 43246267, accessed September 11, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43246267.

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