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James W. Oates (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)

b. 1825-03-04 d. 1884-07-18

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth C. Oates. Father of Benjamin F. Oates, E. Amarantha A. Oates, Luther L. Oates, Lewis Bell Oates, James Oates, and Virginia Oates. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 107B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 711.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 784.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 217B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Precinct 2, p. 14B-15A.

"James Wilson Oates (1825-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial #135504502, accessed July 28, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135504502.

Citation

Oates, James W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197115 (November 12, 2026).

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