Person

John Redd (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1815?

Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Eliza Ann Cartwright Redd in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on September 10, 1840. Father of James W. Redd, George L.. Redd, Theodore Redd, John T. Redd, and Eliza A. Redd. Married to Mary Janes Hayes Redd in Fayette County on December 24, 1855. Father of Phillip Redd and Samuel M. Redd. Farmer in Trigg County in 1850. Employed Govy Brown as a laborer in Trigg County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Farmer in Trigg County in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 306B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 134-5.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 385A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 7A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 243.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994033, Fayette County Marriages.

Citation

Redd, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201659 (November 15, 2026).

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