Person

Henry J. Righter (Harrison County, Kentucky, resident.)

b. 1837-03-22 d. 1911-05-16

Harrison County, Kentucky, resident. Harrison County, Kentucky, native. Son of John B. Righter and Rebecca Righter. Married to Mary Louisa McNees Righter in Harrison County, Kentucky, in August 1860. Father of James Righter, Ann Righter, and Elizabeth Righter. Attended school in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Convicted of carrying concealed weapons in Harrison Circuit Court in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 167B.

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

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Berrys District, pp. 79A, 88A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film 000216897.

"Obituary," The Vandalia Leader (Vandalia, MO), June 2, 1911, p. 1.

KYR-0001-020-0633.

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Righter, Henry J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200182 (November 12, 2026).

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