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James Carpenter (Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer and minister)

b. 1794-05-02 d. 1876-08-23

Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer and minister. Virginia native. Married to Lucy Custler Carpenter in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in November 1821. Married to Isabella Hite Carpenter in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on February 9, 1826. Father of Robert S. Carpenter. Resident of Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1830. Owned one enslaved person in Oldham County in 1830. Resident of Oldham County in 1840. Owned two enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1840. Farmer and Methodist minister in Oldham County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1850. Farmer in Oldham County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States _ (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 272.

_Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 158.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 148B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 889.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 169A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000817864.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000817866.

"James Carpenter (1794-1876)," Find A Grave, Memorial 106187084, accessed October 7, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106187084.

Citation

Carpenter, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196856 (November 12, 2026).

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