Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Bath County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Margaret Robbins Richards in Bath County, Kentucky, on December 26, 1825. Married to Rebecca Richards. Resident of Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Bath County in 1850. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Bath County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

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

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 2, p. 298.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 74B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 68B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film 000273003.

Citation

Richards, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208106 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
B. D. Lacy et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-02-12
Petition
Benjamin D. Lacy et al. to James F. Robinson
1863-01-28

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