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James H. Leech (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1825? d. 1884?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Malinda Leech. Married to Elizabeth Glenn Leech in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on October 5, 1850. Father of James D. Leech, Pernecia Leech, and Malinda "Linnie" M. Leech. Assistant marshal in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Caldwell County in 1861. Signed a loyalty oath to the U.S. government on April 30, 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Livingston, p. 323A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 26.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 225A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 444B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 277.

Union Provost Marshals' Papers (1861-1867), War Department Collection of Confederate Records, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M0345.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Administration Bonds, 1830-1869; vol. 19-20, 1970-1975, p. 325.

KYR-0001-020-0069.

Citation

Leech, James H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196816 (November 12, 2026).

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