Person

John O. Harkless (Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1832?

Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Nancy Harkless. Married to Sarah A. Harkless. Father of Nancy B. Harkless. Resident of Ballard County in 1850. Farmer in Ballard County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, p. 280. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandville, p. 39. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandville District, p. 6. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, District 8, p. 36.

Citation

Harkless, John O.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213391 (November 12, 2026).

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