Person

James R. Sechrest (Grant County, Kentucky, Farmer)

b. 1812?

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Jane Wilson Sechrest in Grant County in August 1846. Father of James M. Sechrest, Thomas W. Sechrest, Arbelle Sechrest, Nebraska Sechrest, and John W. Sechrest. Owned four enslaved persons in Grant County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Grant County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 107.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 107.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 48.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 38A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #000266220.

Citation

Sechrest, James R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199476 (November 12, 2026).

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