Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Hardinsburg, Kentucky, native. Son of John Sterett and Sallie DeHaven Sterett. Married to Elizabeth Haynes Sterett on March 2, 1848. Father of John H. Sterett, Mary Sterett, Sallie Sterett, Henry Sterett, A. Sterett, and William F. Sterett. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Member of the Masonic order.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 53.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 4.

J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 2nd ed. (Louisville: F. A. Battey Publishing, 1885), 757-78.

Citation

Sterett, Baird. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203344 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Jeff Burnett et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1860-11-06

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