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James A. Childress (caldwell co., ky, farmer )

b. 1821?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Son of William Childress and Nancy Childress. Married to Elizabeth Pernecia Carney Childress in Trigg County, Kentucky, on January 5, 1854. Father of John W. Childress, Thomas E. Childress, Sarah E. Childress, Richard J. Childress, and Frank W. Childress. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Long Pond in 1860. Held one enslaved person in trust in Long Pond in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 367B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 11.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 216A.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Harmony, 162, p. 511C.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 158.

Citation

Childress, James A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198676 (November 12, 2026).

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