Person

John W. McWhorter (Adair County, Kentucky, farm laborer.)

b. 1832?

Adair County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Richard Woodrem McWhorter and Elizabeth M. Sutherland McWhorter. Married to Minerva Catherine Vendeever McWhorter in Casey County on March 3, 1853. Father of Josephine McWhorter Fields, William McWhorter, Richard McWhorter, Hugh L. McWhorter, and Tobias McWhorter. Farm laborer in Adair County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Adair County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Division 2, p. 96B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Division 2, p. 74.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 6.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Fulton County, Isabel, p. 84A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Casey County Marriages, Film #000591587, p. 149.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994027, X County Births/Marriages/Deaths, p. 191.
Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, File #20433.

Citation

McWhorter, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280570 (November 12, 2026).

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