Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and farm laborer. North Carolina native. Married to Sarah Winstead Oakley. Father of Sarah "Sallie" E. Oakley, McDaniel Oakley, Lysander Oakley, Emily J. Oakley, William Oakley, Forest Oakley, and Mildred Oakley. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 121B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 610.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 1, p. 160B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #29415.

Citation

Oakley, Henry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205245 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Caleb M. Davis et al. to Unknown
1861-02-05

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