Person

Jacob B. Briscoe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and magistrate.)

b. 1802?

Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and magistrate. Kentucky, native. Son of Henry Briscoe and Catherine Brookhart Briscoe. Married to Elizabeth Etley Briscoe in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on October 18, 1832. Married to Magdelena Etley Briscoe in Jefferson County on November 2, 1836. Father of E.J. Briscoe, Sally Ann Briscoe Winand, Mary M. Briscoe Ford, Joseph Franklin Briscoe, Richard Anderson Briscoe, and William Harry Briscoe. Cooper in Jefferson County in 1850. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1860. Magistrate in Jefferson County from 1861 to 1884.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 176B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 29.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Jeffersontown, p. 358B.

"Brieflets," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), October 4, 1884, p. 8.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #005557883.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000817870.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #4173.

Citation

Briscoe, Jacob B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209864 (November 12, 2026).

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