Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Father of Elizabeth Beckner, Joel Beckner, Calahill Beckner, James Beckner, Martha Beckner, Andrew Beckner, Isaac Becker, Alfred Beckner, and Catherine Beckner. Farmer in Franklin County, Virginia, in 1850. Farmer in Princeton, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Callahill Beckner as farm manager in Princeton in 1860. Employed J. Bicknell as a farm laborer in Princeton in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Princeton in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Franklin County, p. 77B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 57-58.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 221B.

Citation

Beckner, Jacob B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212923 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
James H. Roberts et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-28

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