James Early Kevil

Birth Date

1822-11-28

Death Date

1898-03-02

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Kevil. Father of Joseph Bell Kevil, Robert Urey Kevil, Noah Calvin Kevil, Nancy Kevil, Thomas Kevil, Selena Kevil, Adolphus Kevil, Manson Kevil, and James E. Kevil, Jr. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Princeton in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Princeton in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 397B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 794.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 33.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 221B.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, 159, p. 459B.
"James Early Kevil (1822-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial #119242888, accessed April 19, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119242888.

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