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John W. Laughlin (Clark County, Kentucky, drover, postmaster, and shoemaker)

b. 1824?

Clark County, Kentucky, drover, postmaster, and shoemaker. Kentucky native. Married to Elgetha Keenan Laughlin in Franklin County, Kentucky, in January 1859. Father of Tarlton C. Laughlin, Elizabeth Laughlin, and Henry C. Laughlin. Drover in Clark County in 1850. Postmaster in Clark County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860. Shoemaker in Clark County in 1863. Postmaster in Clark County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 5B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester. District 2, p. 878.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, District 2, 347A.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, South Fork, District 047, p. 526C.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Clark County, KY, June-July 1863, p. 8.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages.

Citation

Laughlin, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207895 (November 12, 2026).

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