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John B. Rankin (Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer and carpenter)

b. 1808-11-23 d. 1877-12-18

Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer and carpenter. Ohio native. Married to Lucy Hardin Rankin in Oldham County, Kentucky, in January 1837. Resident of Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in Oldham County in 1840. Farmer and Carpenter in Oldham County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1850. Farmer in Oldham County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 121.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 150A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 898.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 171A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Brownsboro, p. 19B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, Film 000482445.

"John B. Rankin (1808-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial 83874868, accessed March 21, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83874868.

Citation

Rankin, John B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213685 (November 12, 2026).

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