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Henry J. Stites (Christian County, Kentucky, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals)

b. 1816-09-16 d. 1891-04-03

Christian County, Kentucky, attorney, court clerk, and judge. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Son of Abram Stites and Ann Johnson Stites. Married to Mary Jane Sharp Stites in Christian County, Kentucky, on November 11, 1841. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in Christian County in 1841. Practiced law with Robert P. Henry in Christian County. Clerk of Christian County Court. Elector from Kentucky for Lewis Cass in the 1848 Democratic National Convention. Circuit court judge in the 2nd Judicial District in Christian County from 1850 to 1854. Associate appellate court judge in Christian County from 1855 to 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Chief justice of the appellate court in Christian County from 1861 to 1862. Resident of Canada from 1863 to 1866.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 689.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville p. 276A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville p. 276B-277A.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1852, (Frankfort, KY: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1853) 347.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1855, (Frankfort, KY: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1856) 352.

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), 288.

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), 354.

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.

H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 83-84.

"Henry Johnson Stites (1816-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial #68861471, accessed April 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68861471.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #001942963, p. 24.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Jefferson County Administrators Bonds, 1830-1869, p. 264-67 of microfilm.

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Stites, Henry J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207283 (November 12, 2026).

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