Person

John J. Lewis (Mentioned in the document as a witness on April 14, 1864)

b. 1787? d. 1871-01-13

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Martha "Patsy" Pruett Lewis. Father of Matthew A. Lewis, Mary A. Lewis, James M. Lewis, Jane Lewis, and Robert Lewis. Farmer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned fifteen enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 94B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 337.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 499A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Market House District, p. 164B.

"John Lewis (1787-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial 65569580, accessed October 5, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65569580.

Citation

Lewis, John J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208046 (November 12, 2026).

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