Person

Hezekiah Jennings (Harlan County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and jailer)

b. 1811?

Harlan County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and jailer. Tennessee native. Married to Elizabeth Coldirn Jennings in Harlan County, Kentucky, on January 26, 1836. Father of Sally Jennings, Alice Jennings, Alabama Jennings, Elizabeth Jennings, Hiram Jennings, Mary Jennings, Susan Jennings, William Jennings, and Louisa Jennings. Farmer in Harlan County in 1850. Tavern keeper and jailer in Harlan County in 1860. Jailer in Harlan County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 1, p. 33B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, Mt. Pleasant, p. 319.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 6, p. 43B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film 000834238, p. 302.

KYR-0001-004-0167.

Citation

Jennings, Hezekiah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212160 (November 12, 2026).

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