Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married Lucy Ricketts. Father of Alban Ricketts, Corrinna Ricketts, Joseph Ricketts, Eugenia Ricketts, and Drusilla Ricketts. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1860 and 1863. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 40; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 3; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, p. 1.

Citation

Ricketts, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203860 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. W. G. Jones et al., Indictment

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