John Shields (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, resident and inmate)
b. 1835?
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Convicted of grand larceny by the Fayette Circuit Court in February 1859. Incarcerated in the Fayette County Jail in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1860. Pardoned by Governor Beriah Magoffin on December 19, 1860.
Details
- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 596.
KYR-0001-020-0237.
Citation
Shields, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215186 (November 12, 2026).
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