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John B. Leatherman (Jefferson County, Kentucky, blacksmith.)

b. 1798?

Jefferson County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky, native. Married to Polly Barr Leatherman in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on February 10, 1822. Father of John Thomas Leatherman and Simeon S. Leatherman. Married to America Smith Leatherman in Jefferson County on August 17, 1837. Father of Zenobia Jane Leatherman Omer, Elizabeth Leatherman, Merritt O. Leatherman, Marietta R. Leatherman Randolph, and Mary B. Leatherman. Married to Mahala M. Brooks Lively Leatherman in Jefferson County on April 29, 1854. Blacksmith in Jefferson County in 1850. Blacksmith in Jefferson County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 192A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 995.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Jeffersontown, p. 345A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #005557872.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #005553517.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000819600.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000819622.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #005557814.

Citation

Leatherman, John B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212561 (November 12, 2026).

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