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Joel L. Spraggins (Marion County, Kentucky, merchant.)

b. 1813?

Marion County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Spraggins. Father of Alonzo F. Spraggins, Victoria J. Sparggins, Napoleon B. Spraggins, and Eletha Spraggins. Merchant in Marion County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Marion County in 1850. Charged with shooting Green R. Hays in Marion Circuit Court in 1855. Fugitive from justice in 1855. Forfeited recognizance remitted by Governor Charles Slaughter Morehead in 1857. Merchant in Daviess County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 408B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 921.

"Fatal Affray," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), June 27, 1855, p. 5.

Andy Barnett, "Letter to Gov. Morehead," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), February 10, 1858, p. 1.

Citation

Spraggins, Joel L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207352 (November 12, 2026).

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