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John L. Shawhan (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1808-04-15 d. 1868-12-30

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Redmon Shawhan in Harrison County, Kentucky, on April 22, 1841. Father of John H. Shawhan, Josephine Shawhan, Charles Shawhan, Mary Shawhan, Daniel Shawhan, Joseph Shawhan, America Shawhan, Elizabeth Shawhan, Ada Shawhan, Anna Shawhan, William Shawhan, and James Shawhan. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Employed Martin Conner as a farm laborer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 158B-159B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 13.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 512.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 114A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Leesburg, p. 194A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216896.

"John Laughlin Shawhan (1808-1868)," Find A Grave, Memorial #119767727, accessed January 27, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119767727.

Citation

Shawhan, John L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205370 (November 12, 2026).

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