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James F. Sconce (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and postmaster)

b. 1828-03-01 d. 1918-09-05

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and postmaster. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Son of Robert W. Sconce and Lucinda Collins Sconce. Married to Lucinda A. Morris Sconce in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on November 16, 1854. Father of Sarah "Sally" Sconce and John Sconce. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Bourbon County in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Scott County from December 2, 1862. Postmaster of Great Crossings in Scott County from October 10, 1863, to April 24, 1882.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 296B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 512.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 891.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown, p. 232A.

"James Foster Sconce (1828-1918)," Find A Grave, Memorial #91779855, accessed December 30 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91779855.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994028, Bourbon County Marriages, p. 25-26.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film #004542759.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Scott County, Kentucky, vol. 45, p. 426.

KYR-0001-031-0074

Citation

Sconce, James F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197215 (November 12, 2026).

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