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John Jefferson Wood (Clinton County, Kentucky, carpenter, sheriff, and farmer)

b. 1826?

Clinton County, Kentucky, carpenter, sheriff, and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Levina L. Meyers Wood. Father of James C.T. Wood, Sarah L. Wood, Leona F. Wood, Leo L. Wood, and Lavina A. Wood. Carpenter in Clinton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Sheriff in Clinton County in 1860. Sheriff in Clinton County in 1861. Farmer in Clinton County in 1864.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District 2, p. 186B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, p. 300.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District 1, p. 251 A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994056, Clinton County Births, p. 265.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Clinton County, KY, February 1864.

Citation

Wood, John Jefferson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214511 (November 12, 2026).

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