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Jesse P. Meeks (Boyd County, Kentucky, brick mason)

b. 1817?

Boyd County, Kentucky, brick mason. Kentucky native. Married to Abigail Weddington Meeks in Pike County, Kentucky, on September 28, 1837. Father of Henry C. Meeks, Elisa J. Meeks, Jacob Meeks, Julia Meeks, Mary Francis Meeks, Emily Meeks, Amerline Meeks, James Meeks, Susan Meeks, and Sophia Meeks. Brick mason in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed William McDoughton and Daniel Dawson as laborers in Lawrence County in 1850. Postmaster in Woodlawn, Morgan County, Kentucky, from May 3, 1854, to April 14, 1856. Brick mason in Boyd County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 92A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 803.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pike County Marriages, Film 001943483, p. 34.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Morgan County, Kentucky, vol. 14.

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Meeks, Jesse P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202233 (January 24, 2026).

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