Hughes, Joseph C.

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Title: Hughes, Joseph C.
Alias: Hughes, J.C.
Gender: Male
Biography: Joseph C. Hughes, one of the major landowners of the Union-Richwood area, owned five large farms along the Louisville Turnpike (now U.S. Highway 42). He also donated the land for the Hughes Chapel Methodist Church (now demolished) near Beaver Lick.
Member: Hughes family
Birth date: 10 Oct 1810
Father: Hughes, George
Mother: Case, Mary J.
Life event(s): Marriage: 1846
Spouse(s): Tucker, Amanda
Child(ren): Sleet, Carrie Lee Hughes
Death date: 16 Dec 1877
Death and burial information: Hughes Chapel Cemetery (Beaver Lick, Ky.)
Participant in: 1839--Freedom for George Thomas Hughes
Related resource: Joseph C. Hughes House (Boone County, Ky.); Joseph C. Hughes Farm (Boone County, Ky.); Joseph C. Hughes House (Union, Ky.); Hughes Chapel Methodist Church Site (Beaver Lick, Ky.)
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Allen [6]; unknown, Anna [3]; unknown, Harriet [18]; unknown, James William; unknown, male [53]; unknown, Sally [10]; unknown, Susan [1]; Merrill, Ben; unknown, Allen [6]; unknown, Anna [3]; unknown, Harriet [18]; unknown, James William; unknown, male [53]; unknown, Sally [10]; unknown, Susan [1]
Description: Enslaved held in 1850: Female, 60 years old, black; Female, 41 years old, mulatto; Male, 39 years old, mulatto; Male, 37 years old, mulatto; Male, 34 years old, black; Female, 27 years old, mulatto; Male, 20 years old, mulatto; Male, 18 years old, mulatto; Male, 13 years old, mulatto; Male, 8 years old, black; Female, 5 years old, mulatto; Female, 5 years old, black; Male, 4 years old, mulatto; Female, 1 years old, mulatto; Male, 6 months old, mulatto; Enslaved held in 1860: Female, 34 years old, mulatto; Male, 13 years old, black; Male, 13 years old, mulatto; Female, 65 years old, black; Male, 48 years old, mulatto; Male, 17 years old, black; Female, 50 years old, black; Male, 21 years old, mulatto; Female, 14 years old, mulatto; Female, 14 years old, black; Male, 33 years old, mulatto; Male, 28 years old, black; Female, 23 years old, black; Male, 2 years old, black; Female, 2 years old, black; Female, 5 years old, mulatto; Female, 6 years old, mulatto; Female, 2 years old, mulatto; Female, 5 years old, black; Male, 8 years old, mulatto; Male, 8 years old, mulatto; Female, 11 years old, black; Male, 9 years old, mulatto
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #24532652
Source(s): Ancestry.com; Find A Grave.com; Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules

Item sets: AA--Trundle Story--Slave Holders; AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--H

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Items with "Related resource: Hughes, Joseph C."
Title	Class
Hughes Chapel Methodist Church Site (Beaver Lick, Ky.)	Location
Joseph C. Hughes Farm (Boone County, Ky.)	Location
Joseph C. Hughes House (Boone County, Ky.)	Location
Joseph C. Hughes House (Union, Ky.)	Location

Items with "Witness: Hughes, Joseph C."
Title	Class
1839--Freedom for George Thomas Hughes	Event

Items with "Relationship: Hughes, Joseph C."
Title	Class
Merrill, Ben	Person
unknown, Allen [6]	Person
unknown, Anna [3]	Person
unknown, Harriet [18]	Person
unknown, James William	Person
unknown, male [53]	Person
unknown, Sally [10]	Person
unknown, Susan [1]	Person

Items with "Child(ren): Hughes, Joseph C."
Title	Class
Hughes, George	Person