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John C. Betterworth (Anderson County, Kentucky, farmer and hatter)

b. 1825?

Anderson County, Kentucky, farmer and hatter. Kentucky native. Married to Martha F. Jennings Betterworth in Anderson County on October 20, 1857. Hatter in Anderson County in 1850. Farmer in Anderson County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Anderson County in 1860. Farmer in Anderson County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 198B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 430.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 6.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058: Anderson County Marriages, p. 8.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 4th Congressional District, Anderson County, Vol. 3, 1863, p. 19, p. 21 of microfilm, (Accessed via ancestry.com on May 5, 2020).

Citation

Betterworth, John C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203703 (November 12, 2026).

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