John B. Auxier (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer, capt & maj )
b. 1817? d. 1890
Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel L. Auxier and Rebecca Phillips Auxier. Married to Angelina Auxier. Father of Henrietta Auxier, Benjamin F. Auxier, Rebecca Auxier, and Maria J. Auxier. Married to Mary A. Tilsley Grayson Auxier. Stepfather of John W. Grayson. Father of Sarah C. Auxier, Samuel B. Auxier, Alvin E. Auxier, and Henry J. Auxier. Farmer in Johnson County in 1850. Employed Thomas Auxier as a farmer in Johnson County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Johnson County in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Employed James Bae as a farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Served in the 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (U.S.A.) as captain and major from February 16, 1863, to September 15, 1865.
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- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 118B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 100, p. 1 of 1 of microfilm (accessed through Ancestry.com).
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 174.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Johns Creek, pp. 161B-162A.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 384.
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, Washington, D.C. : NSDAR, 1891-1939, Vol 161: 1920, 186 (accessed via ancestry.com).
Find A Grave, “John Brown Auxier (1817-1890)," Memorial 69127195, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69127195 (accessed August 12, 2020).
Citation
Auxier, John B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214175 (November 12, 2026).
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