Person

John Spence (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1815?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Serilda Jane Lunsford Spence in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on December 11, 1837. Father of Elizabeth L. A. Spence, Frances Spence, John J. Spence, Serena E. Spence, George Spence, Patty Spence, and Lydia Spence. Blacksmith in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Princeton, Kentucky, 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 1, p. 296A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 25.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 236.

Citation

Spence, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213388 (November 12, 2026).

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