James S. Meek

Birth Date

1785-03-20

Death Date

1864-10-11

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Martha Douglass Meek in Knox County, Tennessee, in September 1808. Father of James H. Meek, Martha Meek, Daniel L. Meek, and William R. Meek. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1840. Owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1840. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 6.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 383A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 820.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 101.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 226B.
"James Steele Meek (1785-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #27012612, accessed February 9, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27012612.
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Knox County Marriage Bonds, 1807-1817.

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