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Joel McMahan (Bracken County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1831-02-04 d. 1919-01-06

Bracken County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Jessie McMahan and Eleanor Henderson McMahan. Married to Elizabeth Ellen Peddicord McMahan on February 15, 1860. Father of James McMahan and Frederica McMahan. Resident of Bracken County in 1850. Farmer in Bracken County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, p. 465. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, District 1, p. 74. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Berlin, p. 22. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965, Ancestry, Bracken County, 1860, film no. 000344097. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), Bracken County, 1919, no. 355, Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Citation

McMahan, Joel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213714 (November 12, 2026).

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