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Joseph Shawhan (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1781-09-12 d. 1871-09-15

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Pennsylvania native. Married to Sarah Ewalt Shawhan. Father of Henry E. Shawhan, Sarah Elizabeth Shawhan, John Shawhan, Margaret Shawhan, Rebecca Shawhan, and William B. Shawhan. Resident of Harrison County in 1850. Household owned nineteen enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned forty-six enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Held thirteen enslaved persons in trust in Harrison County in 1860. Household owned an additional eighteen enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 166B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 414.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 508.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 112A-B.

Lucinda Boyd, Chronicles of Cynthiana and Other Chronicles (Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke & Co, 1894), pp. 39-41.

"Joseph Shawhan (1781-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial 43077624, accessed January 27, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43077624.

Citation

Shawhan, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201024 (November 12, 2026).

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