John W. Chetham

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c1806

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c1867

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"John W. Chetham" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018239, (accessed May 2, 2024).

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Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Cheatham. Father of William T. Cheatham, Lucy F. Cheatham, Martha E. Cheatham, John R. Cheatham, Overton B. Cheatham, Eleazer S. Cheatham, and Mary S. Cheatham. Resident of Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1830. Owned three enslaved persons in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1830. Resident of Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned three enslaved persons in Henderson County, Kentucky, 1840. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Owned twenty-six enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States(1830), Population Schedules, Virginia, Lunenburg County, p. 7.
Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States(1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, p. 229.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 302A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 206.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 173B.
Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Henderson County Administrators Bonds, 1853-1867, p. 379.

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