Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. South Carolina native. Married to Elizabeth Highes. Father of Clarissa Hughes, Meredith C. Hughes, Jr., James F. Hughes, William P. Hughes, Meredith J. Hughes, Francis K. Hughes, Nancy E. Hughes, and Martha A. Hughes. Surveyor in Owsley County in 1850. Farmer in Jackson County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Jackson County in 1865.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, District of Kentucky, p. 297A; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jackson County, p. 50; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jackson County, Sturgeon, p. 5; Find A Grave, "Meredith Childers Hughes, Sr. (1805-1872)," Memorial #108184901, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108184901&ref=acom (accessed March 31, 2017).

Citation

Hughes, Meredith C., Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210273 (November 12, 2026).

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Jackson County Court, Order
1865-01

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