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James Casky (Christian County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer.)

b. 1805-05-01 d. 1880-07-25

Christian County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Ann Wood Casky in Christian County, Kentucky, on January 22, 1850. Father of Mary L. Casky and Ann Eliza Casky. Overseer in Christian County in 1850. Owned thirty-two enslaved persons in Christian County 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Co-owned ten enslaved persons in Christian County 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 361A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 650.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 263B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 4, p. 442A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film 001942963.

Cemeteries of Christian County, Kentucky: 1797-2004 (Hopkinsville, KY: Christian County Genealogical Society, Inc., 2004), 83.

Citation

Casky, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198463 (November 12, 2026).

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