Person

John Redman (Harrison County, Kentucky, merchant, farmer, and distiller)

b. 1818-04-15 d. 1895-05-07

Harrison County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Cynthia Lair Redman in Harrison County, Kentucky, on February 22, 1842. Married to Elizabeth Pugh Redman in Harrison County, Kentucky, on May 31, 1848. Father of Joseph Redman, Belle Redman, Charles Redman, and Sallie Redman. Merchant in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Built Distiller No. 16 in Harrison County in 1859. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Distiller in Harrison County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 61 A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 422.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 463.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 108B-109A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Jackson County, Kansas City, District 1, p. 325B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film 000216885.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film 000216886.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 15, Harrison County, Kentucky, 1862, p. 4.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 15, Harrison County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 7.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 16, Harrison County, Kentucky, 1864, p. 29.

"John Redmon (1818-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial 208650838, accessed January 30, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208650838.

William Henry Perrin, ed. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, (Chicago: O.L. Baskin, 1882), 228.

Citation

Redman, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280765 (November 12, 2026).

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