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John Rogers (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

b. 1806 d. 1865

Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mahala Jane Farris Rogers in Washington County, Kentucky, in May 1832. Father of James Rogers, William Rogers, Benjamin F. Rogers, Spencer Rogers, Elizabeth Rogers, Martha Rogers, Barton W. Rogers, and Rocksey A. Rogers. Resident of Washington County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Washington County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Washington County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Washington County from August 30, 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, City/District, p. 177B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 1, p. 163.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 1, p. 461A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Washington County Marriages, Film #000241382, p. 351.

"John Rogers (1806-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #130520397, accessed September 14, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130520397.

Citation

Rogers, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196547 (February 6, 2026).

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