Person

John A. Peebles (Adair County, Kentucky, x)

b. 1829-10-27 d. 1866-05-31

Adair County, Kentucky, grocer, clerk, attorney, and claims agent. North Carolina native. Son of Elizabeth Peebles. Grocer in Adair County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Adair County in 1850. Clerk in Adair County in 1860. Claim agent in the firm Bramlette, Peebles, and Bramlette, with Thomas E. Bramlette and James T. Bramlette in Columbia in 1863. Attorney in Columbia in 1864. Attorney in Adair County in 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 12B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 13.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 94.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 05, Adair County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 31.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 06, Adair County, Kentucky, 1864, p. 15.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 07, Adair County, Kentucky, 1865, p. 64.

"Resolutions on the Death of John A Peebles and Timoleon Cavens." Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), November 27, 1866.

Citation

Peebles, John A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280694 (November 12, 2026).

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