Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Prince Edward County, Virginia, native. Married to Amy Cardwell. Married to Phoebe Utterback Cardwell in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on November 21, 1852. Stepfather to Randle Utterback. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Hopkins County in 1860. Employed Jasper Elliot as a farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 172B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 735.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 594.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 209B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Hopkins County Marriages, p. 2.

Citation

Cardwell, John G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198186 (November 12, 2026).

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S. B. Nisbet et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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