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John B. Wadlington (Caldwell co., ky, farmer )

b. 1820-07-20 d. 1878

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Wadlington and Elizabeth Wadlington. Married to Ellen Susan Jennings Wadlington in Trigg County, Kentucky, on December 28, 1848. Served in 4th Regiment Kentucky Volunteers as a second lieutenant from October 1, 1847 to March 1848. Father of John B. Wadlington, Robartus Wadlington, and James Wadlington. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 350B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 3.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 215B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film 000321335, p. 124.

"In Memoriam," The Princeton Banner (Princeton, KY), February 28, 1878, p. 3.

"Late from the City of Mexico," Weekly National Intelligencer, (Washington, D. C.), April 1, 1848, p. 1.

Citation

Wadlington, John B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211713 (November 12, 2026).

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