James Savage

Birth Date

c1830

Death Date

1913-06-18

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer. Wayne County native. Son of John Savage and Rebecca Savage. Farmer in Wayne County in 1850. Inmate in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1860. Sentenced in 1858 for manslaughter for the 1857 killing of Ewing Litterell. Pardoned in 1863 by Thomas E. Bramlette.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division 1, p. 309B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, State Penitentiary, p. 125.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Film #7016157: All Counties, Wayne, 1913, File #23202, p. 7 of 3296 of microfilm.

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