Person

John H. McBrayer (Anderson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff)

b. 1826 d. 1910

Anderson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Chambers McBrayer. Postmaster of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, from 1848 to 1850. Farmer in Anderson County in 1860 and 1863. Sheriff of Anderson County in 1862.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 199. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 405. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Middletown, p. 43. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Anderson County, Kentucky, p. 552-553, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Anderson County, KY, 1863, p. 125, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Capt John H. McBrayer (1826-1910)," Memorial #65882371, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65882371 (accessed August 1, 2017). KYR-0001-29-0514.

Citation

McBrayer, John H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201465 (November 12, 2026).

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