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John P. Harrison (Covington house painter and Justice of the Peace)

b. 1807?

Covington, Kentucky, painter. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Harrison. Father of George Harrison and Sarah Harrison. Enslaved one person in 1860. Justice of the peace in Covington in 1860. Confirmed as a notary public in Kenton County on February 5, 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 221. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 23. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 1. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 37. C. S. Williams, Williams’ Cincinnati Directory, City Guide and Business Mirror, for 1860 (Cincinnati: C. S. Williams, 1860), p. 328.

Citation

Harrison, John P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214974 (November 12, 2026).

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