John J. Barnett

Birth Date

c1829

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Union County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Jefferson County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary V. Rowley in Union County on February 28, 1854. Father of Wiliam Major Barnett, John Barnett, Joseph D. Barnett, and Stephen P. Barnett. Farmer in Union County in 1860. Employed Wesley Hall as a laborer in Union County in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861. Served in the 1st (Helm’s) Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a captain. Captured in Webster County, Kentucky, on August 19, 1862. Prisoner of war at depot near Sandusky, Ohio, from August 19, 1862, to September 1, 1862. Prisoner of war at Camp Morton, Indiana, from September 1, 1862 to November 22, 1862.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 404
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Raleigh, p. 355A
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film #000562202, p. 299.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0066.
KYR-0004-033-0001.

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