Person

Joseph Greathouse (Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1834?

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Jennie Greathouse. Father of Albert Greathouse. Resident of Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 280.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 65.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 5.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Lewisport Voting District, p. 2.

Citation

Greathouse, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213722 (November 12, 2026).

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