John E. Arnold (Hopkins Co, Ky, attorney & 2nd Judicial District Commonwealth's Atty til 5-60)
b. 1818? d. 1860-05
Hopkins County, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. North Carolina native. Attorney in Hopkins County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Commonwealth's attorney in the 2nd Judicial District in Hopkins County, Kentucky, from 1858 until his death in May 1860.
Details
- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 168B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 715, p. 5 of 15 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 243
“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859,” (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289.
"Milton Cartwright Murdered," _The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), January 26, 1860, p. 4.
Citation
Arnold, John E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196606 (November 12, 2026).
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