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James R. Jennings (Hawesville, Kentucky, coal merchant & capt Hancock Co Home Guard)

b. 1816?

Hawesville, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Catherine Jennings. Father of James Jennings and Kate Jennings. Coal merchant in Hawesville in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard as captain in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 113.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 40.

KYR-0002-022-0046.

Citation

Jennings, James R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213688 (November 12, 2026).

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