Person

Joel Sweeney (clerk of Casey Circuit Court)

b. 1796-10-13 d. 1869-02-13

Liberty, Kentucky, farmer and circuit clerk. Married to Obedience Edwards Sweeney. Farmer in Casey County, Kentucky, in 1860. Clerk in Casey Circuit Court in Casey County from 1855 to 1866.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey, Liberty, p. 125.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1855,” in 1856 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: A.G. Hodges, State Printer, 1856), 354.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859,” in 1860 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 358.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350.

Find A Grave, "Joel Sweeney (October 13, 1796-February 13, 1869)," Memorial #18311504, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sweeney&GSfn=Joel&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=19&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=18311504&df=all& (accessed June 5, 2017).

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Sweeney, Joel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200493 (November 12, 2026).

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