John. M. Chevis

Birth Date

c1818

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Nicholas County, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Married to Mary J. Smedley Chevis in Nicholas County on November 15, 1837. Father of Edward T. Chevis, Martha W. Chevis, Alice Chevis and Henry D. Chevis. Merchant in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1850. Postmaster in Nicholas County from July 21, 1852, to 1855. Merchant in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 391B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 1 of microfilm.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 276.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 1.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252402.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, RG 28, vol. 14 (1842-1858), Martin-Pike, p. 696.
"Small Potato Proscription in Kentucky," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), June 19, 1855, p. 4.

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