Person

John Erwin (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and fisherman.)

b. 1830?

McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and fisherman. Indiana native. Married to Lavisa Pinkston Erwin in Daviess County, Kentucky, on May 18, 1848. Father of Starling Asbury Erwin, Melvina Erwin Crabtree, Robert H. Erwin, Melissa Erwin, and Nancy E. Erwin. Farmer in Daviess County in 1850. Fisherman in McLean County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 438A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Calhoun, p. 6.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Calhoun, p. 186A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Daviess County Marriages, Film #005557639, p. 100.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #8228.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #18587.

Citation

Erwin, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204250 (November 12, 2026).

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