Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Phoebe Howard. Father of Branch Higgins, Amanda J. Higgins, Rebecca Higgins, B. Howard Higgins, and Nancy Higgins. Farmer in Breathitt County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Magoffin County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 2, p. 11A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, p. 472.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, p. 476A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, Precinct 4, p. 375B.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016130, All County Deaths, File #2012.

Find A Grave, "John Higgins (1822-1911)," Memorial #95227712, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95227712 (accessed April 30, 2020).

Citation

Higgins, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207053 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
J. E. Cooper et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-12-20

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