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Ashley Owens (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, distiller and jailor)

b. 1819? d. 1903-11-03

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, distiller and jailor. Kentucky native. Married to Angeline Owens. Father of Henry Owens, Lucy Jane Owens, Emily Owens, Mary Ann Owens, Eliza Jane Owens, Sarah Owens, Alfred Owens, Martin Owens, and Rebecca Owens. Farmer in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Distiller in Rockcastle County in 1860. Rockcastle County jailor from 1860 to 1868. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Northern District, p.191B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 473.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mount Vernon, p. 35B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Rockcastle County, KY, July and October 1863, p. 120.

"At Ripe Old Age," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1903, p. 4.

"'Uncle Ashley' Owens," Interior Journal (Stanford, KY), November 13, 1903, p. 2.

Citation

Owens, Ashley. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279879 (November 12, 2026).

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