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Hopkins County, Kentucky, miller and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Willis Younger and Margaret B. Younger. Married to Virginia Younger. Father of F. A. Younger, Hugh B. Younger, and Emma Younger. Miller in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 74A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 684.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 810.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Seminary Precinct, p. 134A.

Citation

Younger, John B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201413 (November 12, 2026).

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George W. Porter et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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