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Richard C. Ricketts (Woodford County, KY, petitioner)

b. 1807-02-14 d. 1892-01-25

Woodford County, Kentucky, minister. Kentucky native. Married to Cornelia Desha Ricketts in Mason County in February 1835. Father of Benjamin P. Ricketts, James P. Ricketts, R. C. Ricketts, Mary P. Ricketts, and Henry C. Ricketts. First full-time minister for the Georgetown Christian Church from October 24, 1835. Minister of Paris Church of Christ c1840. Minister in Boyle County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Christian minister in Woodford County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1860. Member of board of curators for Kentucky University.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 365B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 600 (p. 15 of microfilm).
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, p. 924.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860),Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, p. 512A (p. 39 of microfilm).
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Midway, p. 481A.
Find A Grave, "Richard C. Ricketts (1807-1892)," Memorial 70572144, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70572144/richard-c-ricketts (accessed December 18, 2019).
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film #000281842, p. 2.
Harp, Scott, “Richard C. Ricketts,” History of the Restoration Movement,

https://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/kentucky/ricketts.htm

(accessed December 18, 2019).
KYR-0001-009-0038.

Citation

Ricketts, Richard C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211267 (November 12, 2026).

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