Person

John Sheets (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer)

b. 1801-08-15 d. 1878-02-01

Franklin County, Kentucky farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Sheets. Father of Eliza J. Sheets, Francis A. Sheets, Henry J. Sheets, Susan M. Sheets, John F. Sheets, Benjamin F. Sheets, and Charles A. Sheets. Employed as a farmer in Franklin County in 1850 and 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 73B

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 340

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 12

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Courthouse, p. 73A

Find A Grave, "John Sheets (1801-1878)," Memorial #44447664, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44447664 (accessed February 15, 2019).

Citation

Sheets, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197507 (November 12, 2026).

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