James Bivian Groom

Birth Date

1816-02-03

Death Date

1893-02-26

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Snelling Groom in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on May 28, 1845. Father of Christiana M. Groom, Eliza F. Groom, Mary "Mollie" E. Groom, William S. Groom, Major J. Groom, Virginia R. Groom, Lua Mattie Groom, James Bivian Groom, and Charles L. Groom. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed Bartlett C. Griffith as an overseer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 363B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 787.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Burnesville, p. 17.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Burnesville, p. 208A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Harmony, p. 454A.
"James Bivian Groom (1816-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial #132735961, accessed October 13, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132735961.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994029, Caldwell County Births.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644.

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