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John Buck Deaton (Breathitt County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

b. 1807-06-06 d. 1877-12-05

Breathitt County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Virginia native. married to Malinda Deaton. Father of Thomas Deaton, Edward Deaton, Jemina Deaton, Elizabeth Deaton, Alexander Deaton, John Deaton, Joseph Deaton, and Lewis Deaton. Delegate from Breathitt County to the State Democratic Party Convention in 1858. Farmer in Breathitt County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Breathitt County in 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District No. 2; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 19; “Democratic Meeting in Breathitt,” Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), December 2, 1858, p. 1; Find A Grave, "John D. 'Buck' Deaton (1807-1877)," Memorial #67864462, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67864462&ref=acom (accessed March 23, 2017); KYR-0001-007-0308.

Citation

Deaton, John Buck. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210858 (November 12, 2026).

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