Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Spencer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Henry, Sr. and Amy Reed Henry. Married Eliza Henry. Father of John A. Henry, Anna M. Henry, Martha A. Henry, William P. Henry, Minor J. Henry, Ezekiel M. Henry, James T. Henry, and Allen B. Henry. Farmer in Spencer County in 1850. Owned three enslaved people in Spencer County in 1860. Member of the Baptist Church.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 6th Edition (Louisville: Battey Publishing, 1887), 803-4; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Spencer County, District No. 2, p. 105; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Spencer County, Division No. 2, p. 2.

Citation

Henry, John, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204359 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
John Cochran et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1860-12-17

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