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Graves County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married Mary Brinkley Wiggins in Gates County, North Carolina, in January 1833. Father of John Wiggins, Isaac John Wiggins, Pernecia Wiggins, Sarah Wiggins, M. Wiggins, William Wiggins, and Polly Wiggins. Farmer in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1840. Farmer in Graves County in 1850. Murdered in Graves County on June 14, 1859.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 99.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 1, p. 466A-B.

North Carolina County Registers of Deeds, Marriage Bond, 1783-1868, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina, Gates County Marriage Records, Wade-Yates, p. 132.

Citation

Wiggins, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202383 (November 12, 2026).

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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. J. H. McCuan, Indictment

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