James R. Isaacs

Birth Date

c1837

Death Date

1880-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Isaacs and Elizabeth Isaacs. Married to Mary Jane Clemons Isaacs in Laurel County, Kentucky, on January 16, 1857. Father of William Isaacs and George Isaacs. Attended school in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Laborer in Jackson County 1859. Convicted of manslaughter by the Jackson Circuit Court in November 1859. Inmate of the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort from November 16, 1859, to January 1861. Pardoned by Governor Beriah Magoffin on January 29, 1861. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from October 28, 1861 to February 14, 1863. Farmer in Jackson County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 239A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 284.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, McKee, p. 212B.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, p. 753.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jackson County, KY, July 1863, p. 187.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Laure; County Marriages, Film 007727982, p. 18.
“Isaacs, James R.,” Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0006.
"Isaacs, James R.," Kentucky State Penitentiary Descriptive Records, Kentucky Department of Archives and Libraries, Frankfort, KY.

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