Person

John C. Monfort (Henry County, KY, merchant, judge and attorney)

b. 1804-10-18

Henry County, Kentucky, merchant, judge, and attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Bergen Monfort on October 18, 1850. Father of Caroline Monfort Sparks, Warren Monfort, and Tiney Monfort Claxon. Married to Matilda Monfort. Merchant in Henry County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Henry County in 1850. Judge of the Henry County Court in Henry County from 1858 to 1865. Owned one enslaved person in Henry County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 2, p. 455A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 325.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 14A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Pleasureville Precinct, p. 363B.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50.

Teunis G. Bergen, The Bergen Family: or the Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, One of the Earliest Settlers of New York and Brooklyn, L.I. (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1876), pp. 483-484.

Citation

Monfort, John C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205458 (January 18, 2026).

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