Person

John Nave (Garrard County, KY, farmer and enslaver)

b. 1802-02-12 d. 1865-01-19

Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Serphinia W. Totten Nave in Garrard County, Kentucky, on January 17, 1830. Father of Joseph P. Nave, James D. Nave, Malinda F. Nave, Alexander Nave, and Mary E. Nave. Owned one enslaved person in Jessamine County in 1840. Farmer in Garrard County in 1850. Farmer in Garrard County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Jessamine County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, p. 235.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, City/District, p. 255A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 726.

"John D. Nave (1802-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #195541237, accessed November 8, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195541237.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #27219.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, 1797-1861, Film #000183256.

Citation

Nave, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203848 (November 12, 2026).

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