Jenkins, Joseph Carter

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Title: Jenkins, Joseph Carter
Gender: Male
Biography: Born in Orange County, Virginia, Jenkins was a steamboat captain who came to Boone County in 1832 and became part owner of the Boone County Distilling Company. He later raised fine livestock on his 1,200-acre estate, Prospect Farm.
Member: Jenkins family
Birth date: 21 Jul 1818
Place of birth: Orange County (Va.)
Father: Jenkins, William Smith
Mother: Carter, Nancy Ann
Life event(s): Marriage: 1 Jul 1841; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Berkshire, Ann Elizabeth
Child(ren): Jenkins, Eugenia A.; Jenkins, Paulina; Jenkins, Mary E.; Jenkins, Mary; Jenkins, William S.; Jenkins, Nannie; Jenkins, J.C., Jr.
Death date: 1889
Place of death: Petersburg (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Petersburg Cemetery (Petersburg, Ky.)
Related resource: Prospect Farm (Petersburg, Ky.); Boone County Distilling Company (Petersburg, Ky.)
Member of: Petersburg Christian Church (Petersburg, Ky.)
Description: Enslaved held in 1860: Female, 36 years old, mulatto; Female, 13 years old, mulatto; Female, 5 years old, mulatto; Male, 7 months old, mulatto
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #122257077
Source(s): Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870; Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; Find A Grave.com

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County

Media: Joseph C. Jenkins