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Henry J. Sheets (Franklin County, Kentucky blacksmith and soldier)

b. 1831-10-11 d. 1882-06-25

Franklin County, Kentucky, blacksmith and soldier. Franklin County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Sheets and Elizabeth Sheets. Married Martha Martin Sheets in Woodford County, Kentucky, on December 21, 1854. Father of John C. Sheets, Ida J. Sheets, Ann E. Sheets, James B. Sheets, and Millie Sheets. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Blacksmith in Frankfort in 1860. Served in the Frankfort Union Guards (U.S.A.) as a first sergeant from July 11, 1862 to August 1, 1862. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant and captain from August 22, 1862 to August 21, 1863. Deputy provost marshal in Franklin County in 1864. Deputy provost marshal for Franklin County in 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 73B

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 258.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Richland, Olney Ward 2, p. 610A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.

Papers Relating to Individual Citizens, 1861-1867, War Department Collection of Confederate Records, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M345, Roll 55, File: Colgrove, Samuel V - State: Kentucky, 1864.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994058, Woodford County Marriages, p. 467.

"Henry J. Sheets (1831-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial 35455392, accessed February 9, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35455392.

KYR-0001-003-0093.

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Sheets, Henry J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200475 (November 12, 2026).

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