Person

John J. McLin (Caldwell County, Kentucky, shoemaker and clerk)

b. 1818-08 d. 1878-09

Caldwell County, Kentucky, shoemaker and clerk. Tennessee native. Married to Florinda J. Hockersmith McLin in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 15, 1838. Father of Elizabeth J. McLin, James R. McLin, Martha P. McLin, Catherine E. McLin, and Charles E. McLin. Shoemaker in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Resident in Princeton in 1860. Clerk in Caldwell County in 1863.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 344B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 779.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Caldwell County, KY, June1863, p. 13.

"John J. McLin (1818-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #18628375,accessed February 19, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18628375.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #12307.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644.

KYR-0001-020-0006.

KYR-0001-020-0030.

Citation

McLin, John J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214242 (November 12, 2026).

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