Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Wilford Jenkins and Sarah Jenkins. Married to Mary F. Jenkins. Father of John G. Jenkins. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 157B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 619.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 486B.

Citation

Jenkins, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203629 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (3)

Petition
H. Stratman et al. to Beriah Magoffin
Petition
Sam Massey et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-09
Petition
Z. W. Brooks et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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