Jessie K. Howard
Jessie K. "Big Jess" Howard, son of George (1780-1877) & Sarah Howard of Elliott County, KY. Jess married Lockey Adkins, dtr. of Caswell
and Nancy Adkins Adkins. Jess was a Private in Company K of the 40th Kentucky Cavalry, USA, during the Civil War, captured at Mt. Sterling by the
Confederates. He received an injury to his left eye during the war and was released at the end of the war, walking back to Elliott County. He was a
Surveyor, Farmer, Teacher, and first Commissioner of Education for Elliott County, KY. After the death of his wife, Lockey, Jess married Elizabeth
"Bett" Adkins Gray, widow of William M. Gray (Bett & Bill Gray parents of Nealy Gray).
Big Jess and Lockey Howard were the parents of:
Caroline Howard m. Nelson Clevenger, James Elliott.
Christopher Howard
James B. Howard
John W. Howard m. Dollie Horton
Wiley George Howard
Jessie K. Howard, Jr. m. Susie Crisp
Dolly Howard m. Jake Flannery
Nancy Howard m. Meredith Crisp

Thanks to Jim, Jan, and Betty Adkins Schroeder for giving me this photo.
Jess was a brother of Phil and Neal Howard (see photos of them on this site
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Date Taken: 1880-1890's
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Place Taken: probably Kentucky
--used with permission of Clark Gray from Ky. Ancestory Site------------------------------------------

Jesse K. Howard, Sr.: Pvt. Co, K, Ky Cav. According to Howard family researchers, Jesse
K. Howard enlisted in the Union Army Oct 17, 1863. I have not seen a date of discharge for him,
but his service lasted for a few months. This same source of information states that he was
captured a Mount Sterling, KY. After the war, he received a pension of , every three months
for an injury to his left eye during his time in the military.
After his released from military service, Jess Howard was involved in different
occupations: farming, surveying and teaching. Family researchers tell me that he was the first
School Commissioner of Elliott Co after the county was formed.
Jesse Kendall Howard was born Mar 28, 1828 in Morgan (now Elliott) Co, KY, and died Nov
5, 1897, Elliott Co. He is buried in the Weddington Cemetery on Little Sandy. He was a son of
George and Sarah Howard, early settlers in the Neal Howard’s Creek area.
Morgan Co, KY marriage records show that Jesse K. Howard and Lockey Adkins were married
Oct 26, 1848.

Jesse Kendall Howard, Sr. was certainly one of the prominent citizens of Elliott Co,