Thomas J. Jett

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1826-10-07

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1901-03-30

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"Thomas J. Jett" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00006483, (accessed August 3, 2025).

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Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Jett and Elizabeth Jett. Deputy marshal in Franklin County in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860 and 1863. Owned three enslaved person in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 104. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 97. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 14. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Court House Precinct, p. 17. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 14, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Thomas Jefferson Jett (1826-1901)," Memorial #82410748, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82410748/thomas-jefferson-jett (accessed May 23, 2017).

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