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John B. Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer)

b. 1833?

Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel J. M. Major and Martha H. Major. Student in Franklin County in 1850. Clerk in Frankfort in 1860. State printer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1857 to 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 2, p. 72A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 241.

Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1857), 278-79.

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).

Citation

Major, John B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206180 (November 12, 2026).

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