Person

John Gritton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1784?

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca McKinney Gritton in Mercer County, Kentucky, in April 1806. Father of Mecca "Mickey" Gritton and John J. Gritton. Married to Mary "Polly" Atkins Gritton in Mercer County in October 1855. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 309A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 670.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 4, p. 488B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191843.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191862.

Citation

Gritton, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202584 (November 12, 2026).

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