Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkinsville, Kentucky, school teacher and deputy sheriff. Kentucky native. Married Lucy Ann Scott in Christian County, Kentucky, on November 6, 1838. Father of James C. Graves and John J. Graves. School teacher in McCracken County, Kentucky, in 1850. Deputy sheriff in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1860. Nominated as sheriff for Christian County by the Provisional Government of the State of Kentucky in December 1861.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District 2, p. 359.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 669.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film 001942963, p. 157.

KYR-0004-033-0036.

Citation

Graves, Joseph M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197759 (November 12, 2026).

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Provisional Government of the State of Kentucky, Journal
1861-12-27

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