Person

John Northington (Trigg County, Kentucky, clerk.)

b. 1837 d. 1921

Trigg County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Son of William Northington and Elizabeth Northington. Married to Margaret S. Torian Northington in Trigg County, Kentucky, on November 12, 1860. Father of George Northington, William Northington, and Charles Northington. Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Merchant's clerk in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned thirty-one enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, pp. 455B-456A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, 53-54.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 187.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 391A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 212A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994056, Trigg County Births.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film 000321335.

"Deaths of a Day," Nashville Banner (Nashville, TN), July 9, 1921, p. 2.

"John Northington (1837-1921)," Find A Grave, Memorial 113317305, accessed April 14, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113317305.

Citation

Northington, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196959 (November 12, 2026).

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