Person

John W. Lewis (Ohio County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1818?

Ohio County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Omacinda Field Lewis in Ohio County, Kentucky, on March 2, 1847. Father of Joshua F. Lewis, Nancy E. Lewis, Thomas Lewis, and Henry W. Lewis. Merchant in Ohio County in 1850. Employed Thomas Foreman as a clerk in Ohio County in 1850. Enslaved one person in Ohio County in 1850. Merchant in Ohio County in 1860. Enslaved six people in Ohio County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, District 1, p. 45A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, District 1, p. 517.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Hartford, p. 784.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Hartford, p. 186A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Hartford, p. 501A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Ohio County Marriages, Film #001913021, p. 61.

Citation

Lewis, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280324 (November 12, 2026).

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