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Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Lurana Jenkins. Father of Francis M. Jenkins, Amos M. Jenkins, Eliza A. Jenkins, Edward R. Jenkins, John M. Jenkins, James T. Jenkins, William T. Jenkins, and Lurana Jenkins. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Muhlenberg County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 217.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 35.

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

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Court House Precinct 3, p. 452.

Citation

Jenkins, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207169 (November 12, 2026).

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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. W. G. Jones et al., Indictment

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