James H. Cheek

Birth Date

1809-02-20

Death Date

1885-04-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Cumberland County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Agnes Bledsoe Cheek. Father of Elizabeth Cheek, Joel Cheek, Hiram M. Cheek, John Cheek, and Thomas Cheek. Guardian of Annea O. Howard. Physician in Cumberland County in 1850. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1850. Physician in Cumberland County in 1860. Employed Tompkins Cheek in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 534A-B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 371.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District No. 2, p. 72.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District No. 2, p. 10A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 2A.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994032, Cumberland County Births, p. 3.
"Dr. James Hill Cheek (1809-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #203722250, accessed March 16, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203722250.

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