Person

William Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1821?

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Jones. Father of Ann Mary Jones. Married to A. L. Jones. Father of William Jones, Jr. and Elizabeth Jones. Married to Elizabeth Jones. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850 and 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1850 and six in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 14. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 859. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 4. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn, p. 34.

Citation

Jones, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197983 (November 12, 2026).

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