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John Lea (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1808?

Washington County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Hendren Lea in Madison County, Kentucky, in March 1830. Father of Paulina Lea, Cassius Lea, Elizabeth Lea, Lucinda Lea, James Lea, William Lea, Robert Lea, Emily Lea, and Thomas Lea. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Washington County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 330B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 1, p. 158.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Mackville, p. 312B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 21629.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film 000183311.

Citation

Lea, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197786 (November 12, 2026).

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