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John W. Stephens (Franklin County, Kentucky, painter)

b. 1828?

Franklin County, Kentucky, painter. Kentucky native. Son of Wilford W. Stephens and Margaret Stephens. Married to Martha J. Miller Stephens. Father of Margaret J. Stephens, William W. Stephens, Richard W. Stephens, George T. Stephens, and Catharine G. Stephens. Painter in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Painter in Franklin County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 13B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 292-293.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Births.

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Stephens, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199117 (November 12, 2026).

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