Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Shelly. Father of Josephine Shelly, William R. Shelly, and Hortense Shelly. Farmer in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Stanford, p. 179.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, p. 39.

Citation

Shelly, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197333 (January 20, 2026).

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Petition
Robert Blain et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-11-23

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