Person

Jesse G. Sweeney (Garrard County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1827-09-14 d. 1907-09-18

Garrard County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of Joel Sweeney and Obedience Sweeney. Married to Elizabeth Ann Wilkinson Sweeney in Casey County, Kentucky, on November 17, 1850. Father of Charles W. Sweeney, William O. Sweeney, Kate Sweeney, Biddy Sweeney, Jennie Sweeney, and Lizzie Sweeney. Merchant in Casey County in 1850. Merchant in Garrard County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Garrard County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 287B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 635.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 428A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 14A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Casey County Marriages, Film #000907997, p. 69.

Find A Grave, "Jesse G Sweeney (1827-1907)," Memorial #88662622, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88662622 (accessed May 4, 2020).

Citation

Sweeney, Jesse G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207887 (November 12, 2026).

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