Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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John Woolfolk (Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1834?

About

Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Woolfolk and Nancy Woolfolk. Married to Rebecca Hall Woolfolk in Ballard County, Kentucky, in March 1858. Father of Thomas P. Woolfolk, Laura O. Woolfolk, Ellen Woolfolk, and John Woolfolk. Farmer in Ballard County in 1850. Farmer in Ballard County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Ballard County in 1860. Farmer in Ballard County in 1863.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, p. 266B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Picketts District, p. 593.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Picketts District, p. 43A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, District 5, p. 438B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Ballard County, KY, June 1863, p. 48.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll 994027, Ballard County Marriages.

Citation

Woolfolk, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210416 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
James L. Henderson to James F. Robinson
1862-12-01
Petition
Thomas H. Corbett et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-02

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