Person

Wesley Sparks (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer )

b. 1806?

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Jane Sparks. Father of William Sparks, John Sparks, Elizabeth Sparks, Nancy Sparks, George Sparks, Franklin G. Sparks, Catherine Sparks, and Jane Sparks. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 170A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 427.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, 516.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 114B.

Citation

Sparks, Wesley. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280315 (November 12, 2026).

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