James D. Headley

Birth Date

1814-07-27

Death Date

1903-11-22

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Mary Headley. Father of Thomas N. Headley, John W. Headley, Daniel Headley, Margaret Headley, Ann M. Headley James D. Headley, Mary E. Headley, Francis O. Headley, Nathaniel Headley, Sarah M. Headley, Ella Headley, and Mariah Headley. Merchant in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer and merchant in Webster County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Webster County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 114B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 724.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 590.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 484B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Nebo, p. 65B.
"James D. Headley (1814-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial #51530840, accessed November 10, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51530840.

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