Person

John Wylie (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1789? d. 1862?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Native of Ireland. Married to Elizabeth Whitney Wylie in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on August 5, 1819. Father of John J. Wylie, Josiah W. Wylie, James S. Wylie, William K. Wylie, and David H. Wylie. Resient in Caldwell County in 1830. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1830. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Died in Caldwell County in 1862.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 141.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 356B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 783.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 49.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 220B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Administrators Bonds, July 6, 1862, p. 212A-B.

Citation

Wylie, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209919 (November 12, 2026).

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