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John M. Hewitt, Jr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, lawyer and soldier)

b. 1841?

Franklin County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John M. Hewitt and Mildred Hewitt. Resident of Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned seventeen enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Resident of Franklin County in 1860. Household owned nineteen enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Served in Battery B of the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as captain from October 8, 1861, to November 16, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 54B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, pp. 258-259.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 491B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Liberty County, St. Francis, p. 422B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0479.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 506.

Citation

Hewitt, John M., Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199855 (November 12, 2026).

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