Person

John Piercy ( Lyon County, Ky, farmer )

b. 1813?

Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Ethridge Piercy in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 11, 1837. Father of Dicintha Piercy, Leander H. Piercy, Carey D. Piercy, Elizabeth A. Piercy, Phoebe Ann Piercy, John W. Piercy, Julia A. Piercy, and Thomas T. Piercy. Farmer in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Lyon County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 318B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 719.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, 1786-1878, Film #000851644, p. 234.

Citation

Piercy, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207207 (November 12, 2026).

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