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John Howes (Johnson County, KY, merchant & clerk of circuit & county courts)

b. 1811? d. 1870-01

Johnson County, Kentucky, minister, circuit clerk, and county clerk. Virginia native. Married to Jane Howes. Father of Permelia Howes, Amy Katherine Howes, Nancy J. Howes, Malissa Howes, Charles Johnson Howes, John Elexious Howes, Winfield S. Howes, Millard Howes, Josephine Howes, and July Howes. Clerk of the Johnson County Court in Kentucky in 1850. Methodist minister in Johnson County in 1860. Clerk of the Johnson County Court from 1860 to 1865. Clerk of the Johnson Circuit Court from 1861 to 1866.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 80B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 151.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Paintsville, p. 803.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 9th Congressional District, Johnson County, Vol. 2 of 3, October 1863, p. 409, p. 201 of 212 of microfilm), (Accessed via ancestry.com on August 20, 2020).

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350.

Find A Grave, “John Howes (1810-unknown)," Memorial 198303880, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198303880/john-howes (accessed August 20, 2020).

Citation

Howes, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209855 (November 12, 2026).

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