Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Tarrents. Father of Elizabeth A. Tarrents, Susan J. Tarrents, William E. Tarrents, and Thomas T. Tarrents, Mary C. Tarrents, and Sarah F. Tarrents. Farmer in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Simpson County in 1860. Employed John L. Smithson as a farm laborer in Simpson County in 1860. Farmer in Simpson County in 1864.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 46B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 5.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Simpson County, KY, February 1864, p. 151.

Citation

Tarrents, John B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279700 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Arden McClanohan et al. to Cicero Maxwell
1863-12-01

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