Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Polly Pruitt France in Scott County, Virginia, on June 15, 1841. Father of Isabel France, Louanna France, Elbert France, Lewis France, Lemuel France, Nancy France, Alba France, Helen France, and Owen France. Farmer in Scott County, Virginia, in 1850. Farmer in Jackson County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Scott County, Western District, p. 435B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, McKee, p. 854.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lee County, Coal Branch, p. 317A.

Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850Dodd, Jordan et. al. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 29968.

"Owen France (1819)," Find A Grave, Memorial 139695327, accessed January 15, 2024, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139695327.

Citation

France, Owen Wesley. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281443 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Thomas Rector et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1860-11-13

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