Person

John W. Prescott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1815?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Sarah P'Pool Prescott in Trigg County, Kentucky, in September 1839. Father of Wilson Prescott, John C. Prescott, Sanders J. Prescott, Martha A. Prescott, Cassandra Prescott, Joseph F. Prescott, and Stokes Prescott. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 371A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 4.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 72.

Citation

Prescott, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202138 (November 12, 2026).

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