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John Dement (Rutherford Co, TN, farmer & soldier, owner of Caroline)

b. 1824-08-17 d. 1906-05-14

Rutherford County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Son of Elizabeth Dement. Resident in Rutherford County in 1850. With David Dement, owned seven enslaved persons in Rutherford County in 1850. Farmer in Rutherford County in 1860. Employed B. Spencer as a laborer in Rutherford County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Rutherford County in 1860. Enslaved Caroline Dement until 1862.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Rutherford County, Milton, p. 272A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Rutherford County, Milton, p. 3 of microfilm.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Rutherford County, Jordans, p. 130.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Rutherford County, Browns Mill Township, p. 58.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Rutherford County, District 16, p. 80B.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Rutherford County, District 16, p. 270B.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002,Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Rutherford County Marriage Books, 1804-1881, p. 50.

Find A Grave, "Dr. John Dement (1824-1906)," Memorial 10785547, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10785547 (accessed December 3, 2019).

KYR-0001-004-0134.

Citation

Dement, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197987 (November 12, 2026).

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